NATIONAL ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATORS VISITS FACULTY OF EDUCATION, IIUI

National Accreditation Council for Teacher Educators (NACTE) evaluators’ team visited Faculty of Education. Prof. Dr. N. B. Jumani, Acting President, International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) chaired the introductory session and briefed the team about IIUI distinctions. He added that as a result of untiring efforts of Prof. Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotaibi, President, IIUI, university is flourishing and stands at No 1 in Pakistan in Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies in QS subject ranking 2022. While according to Asia University Ranking 2022 IIUI stands at No 3 in Pakistan. Dr. Jumani further added that presently 150 international teachers are serving at IIUI and almost 2000 international students are enrolled in this university in different programmes. Conducive learning environment is provided to the students at IIUI. Dr. Jumani also paid special thanks to the Saudi Government for extended collaboration.

During visit of team, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sarwar, Dean Faculty of Education briefed evaluators’ team about the infrastructure and different academic programmes.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mahmood, Secretary, NACTE briefed the faculty members about accreditation criteria and different evaluation tools. He added that NACTE apply 10 different tools to accredit any academic programme. Overall NACTE team will observe the quality of teaching in the departments by observing 152 different indicators. Mr. Usaid Hasan and Mr. Asghar Khan Assistant Directors, QAD, IIUI briefed the team about the quality assessment and self assessment mechanism prevailing at IIUI. Prof. Dr. Samina Yasmin Malik, Vice President, Female Campus, IIUI paid special thanks to the evaluators and applauded the efforts of NACTE to enhance the quality of teacher education programmes in the country.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sarwar, Dean, Faculty of Education added that Faculty of Education is committed to the uplift the academic standards. Dr. Sarwar also acknowledged and appreciated the efforts made by faculty members regarding preparation of NACTE documents. Dr. Shiekh Tariq Mahmood and Dr. Fouzia Ajmal, presented the vision, mission, achievements, targets and destinations of the faculty of Education. Dr. Muhammad Munir Kayani, Focal Person NACTE, Dr. Shamsa Aziz, Chairperson Department of Teachers Education, Dr. Azhar Mahmood, Chairman, Department of Educational Leadership and Management, Dr. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Chaudhary, Dr. Munazza Mahmood, Dr. Zarina Akhtar, Dr. Humaira Akram also attended the initial orientation session. During evaluation process NACTE team visited infrastructure (classrooms, library, computer labs, faculty offices etc) and held interviews with heads of the departments, conducted interviews of alumni, conducted interviews with supporting staff and thoroughly checked all the documents.