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2. Outcome-based Education (OBE)
• Ensuring the programme design,
deliver y and a s s e s sment are
appropriate to, consistent with and
support the development of the range
of intellectual and practical skills and
attainment of the programme outcome.
3. Quality Management System
• Ensuring the programme is being
planned, implemented and reviewed
systematically at all level and processes.
4. Continual Quality Improvement
• En s ur in g a c o n t inu al qu ali t y
improvement culture in the spirit of
outcome-based education. It is a
process expected to be internally driven
by IHLs.
Qualifying Requirements and
Accreditation Criteria
The engineering technology and engineering
technician programmes shall be assessed by
ETAC to enable graduates of the programmes to
register as graduate engineering technologists
and technicians with the BEM. The assessment
involves a review of qualifying requirements and
an evaluation based on seven criteria.
The qualifying requirements are meant to
screen out programmes that do not meet the core
requirements of the assessment criteria. Failure
to meet any one of the qualifying requirements will
mean that the programme shall not be assessed
for accreditation. The components are given in
Table 1.
If the programme has met all the qualifying
requirements, a detailed assessment of the
programme based on the accreditation criteria as
explained in the following sections will be carried
out. Below is the brief outline of each criterion:
Engineering Technology
1. Minimum 140 SLT credits
2. Final year project (8-12 SLT credits)
3. Industrial training (minimum of 24 weeks)
4. Full-time Teaching staff (minimum of 8)
5. Staff: student ratio 1:15 or better
6. External examiner's report
7. Programme Educational Objectives
8. Programme Outcomes
Criterion 1: Programme Educational Objectives
Programme Educational Objectives are specific
goals consistent with the mission and vision of
the IHL, are responsive to the expressed interest
of programme stakeholders, and describe
the expected achievements of graduates in
their career and professional life a few years
after graduation. The Programme Educational
Objectives shall be the basis upon which the
Programme Outcomes are formulated with a
clear linkage between Programme Educational
Objectives and Programme Outcomes.
Criterion 2: Programme Outcomes
A programme for which accreditation is sought
must respond to the following:
(a) Programme Outcomes: The IHL/faculty
shall have published Programme Outcomes
that have been formulated based on
the Programme Outcomes listed in both
Manuals.
All 12 learning outcomes were adapted from
those of the Sydney and Dublin Accords.
Programme Outcomes are statements
that describe what students are expected
to know and be able to perform or attain
by the time of graduation. These relate to
the skills, knowledge, and behaviour that
students acquire through the programme.
(b) Continual Improvement: The programme
must also regularly use appropriate,
documented processes for assessing
and evaluating the extent to which the
Programme Outcomes are being attained.
The results of these evaluations must
be systematically utilised as input for
the continuous improvement of the
programme. Other available information
may also be used to assist in the continuous
improvement of the programme.
Engineering Technician
1. Minimum 90 SLT credit unit
2. Final year project (8-12 SLT credits)
3. Industrial training (minimum of 24 weeks)
4. Full-time Teaching staff (minimum of 8)
5. Staff: student ratio 1:15 or better
6. External examiner’s report
7. Programme Educational Objectives
8. Programme Outcomes
Table 1: ETAC Qualifying Requirements
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