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Self-assessment Report

Department of Social Work

University of Rajshahi

December 03, 2016

Department of Social Work

• Established in 1964 • 19 full-time faculty members • 06 full-time non-academic staffs • 517 current students • 6174 Alumni

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Academic Programs

• Bachelor of Social Sciences (B.S.S.) (Honors):

4 year program, total credits: 120

• Master of Social Sciences (M.S.S.):

1 year program, total credits: 36

• Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.):

2 year program: 1 year coursework, 1 year research

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

3 Year program: 1 year coursework, 2 years research


Graduate Profile, N = 6174


Table 1.1: Graduate Profile by Degree, Year of Graduation and Gender

Years of

Result

Publication

BA/BSS (Hon’s) MA/MSS

(Final) MPhil PhD Total

Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

1964 – 1970 31 6 21 6 0 0 0 0 52 12

1971 – 1980 207 68 259 64 0 0 0 0 466 132

1981 – 1990 330 202 438 230 0 0 0 0 768 432

1991 – 2000 516 210 655 294 0 0 0 01 1171 505

2001 – 2010 646 253 572 214 01 0 02 01 1221 468

2011 – 2015 300 170 296 174 0 0 05 02 601 346

Total 2030 909 2241 982 1 0 07 04 4279 1895

(See Enclosure 3: Result Records of the Department).

Graduate Profile: Employment Status


Table 1.2: Current Employment Status of the Graduates

Employment Status Frequency Percent

Searching Job 31 25.2

Employed in an organization 91 74.0

Engaged with own business 1 .8

Total 123 100.0

Source: Field survey, 2016.

Area of Assessment 1) Governance

2) Curriculum Content Design & Review

3) Student Admission, Progress and Achievements

4) Physical Facilities

5) Teaching - Learning and Assessment

6) Student Support Services

7) Staff and Facilities

8) Research and Extension

9) Process Management & Continuous Improvement

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Governance • The vision, mission, values and learning outcomes of

the Department of Social Work are well defined


Program aims, objectives

and Learning outcomes

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Teachers 10.5 21.1 47.4 21.1

Alumni 14.0 33.9 32.2 19.8

Students 4.6 21.2 33.5 40.8

Organizational Structure

• Department of Social Work has also maintained its

administrative and academic governance

according to the Rajshahi University Act, 1973


Organizational Structure • The POE consist of a number of position and

departmental committees as follows:

o The Chairman

o Academic Committee

o Examination Committee

o Planning Committee

o Committee of Courses and Studies


Curriculum Content Design & Review

• There is well-defined course curriculum/syllabuses

• Faculty members & external experts are engaged

• No provision of involving other stakeholders

• Formal need assessment is not generally in part


Student Admission & Progress

• The university defines the entry qualifications

• Admissions are confirmed based on a test result

• The test is conducted by the Faculty of Social Sciences

• The admission process is believed to be fair

• Applicant’s motivation is not taken into account

• Yearly progress (exam) records are maintained


Physical Facilities

• The POE has five classrooms with IT/visual facilities

• Classrooms are not spacious in relation to class size

• ICT facilities are generally absent in the classrooms

• Departmental library with limited resources/facilities

• Lack of internship facilities i.e., interviewing skill lab

• Residential, medical, sports facilities are rather fine


Teaching Learning and Assessment

• Classes are mainly lecture based

• Limited use of information technology

• Class routine is normally well-prepared

• Lack of systematic course/ lesson plan

• Provision of fieldwork practice/internship

• Systematic/double-blind exam assessment


Student Support Services

• Informal academic guidance and counseling

• Strong co-curricular (sports/cultural) activities

• No formal career placement/alumni service

• There is also absence of community services


Staff and Facilities

• Central authority defines entry qualifications

• Central authority also finalizes the recruitment

• Lack of class demonstration/public defense

• ‘External influences’ in the recruitment process


Staff and Facilities

• Lack of pedagogical trainings/qualifications

• Lack of resources to improve teaching capacity

• Lack of adequate research/conference grants

• Lack of incentives for academic improvement


Process Management

• No formal internal quality assurance system before

• Course/faculty evaluation is not generally practiced

• All stakeholders are not invited to review curriculum,

learning outcomes, and effectiveness of the programs


Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats


SWOT Helpful Harmful In

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Strengths

Free from session jam

Adaptable academic calendar

Helpful qualified teachers

Helpful curriculums

Co-curricular activities

Weaknesses

Improper completion of courses

Traditional teaching-learning method

Unethical practices by the teachers

Unethical practices by the students

Loopholes of course-curriculum

Lack of seminar library facilities

Lack of pedagogical skills/competencies

Political and personal influences

Ex

tern

al

Opportunities

Academic freedom/liberty

Fieldwork/community affiliation

E-resources and study facilities

Linkages with other universities

Linkages with welfare agencies

Social Work Values and Ethics

Threats

Inadequacy of teachers

Huge class size

Flaws of fieldwork and research

Emphasizing GPA instead of knowledge

Lack of professional recognition

Stakeholders’ Recommendations

• Initiating pedagogical training for the teachers

• Including complete lesson plans in the syllabuses

• Incorporating interactive teaching-learning method

• Fairing faculty recruitment (by demo class/seminar)

• Developing code of conducts for teachers/students

• Improving course curriculum in view of social needs

• Facilitating fieldwork/research to make it effective


Stakeholders’ Recommendations

• Motivating all students to acquire knowledge

• Making exam evaluation system fair/transparent

• Working for the social recognition of Social Work

• Providing career related knowledge and supports

• Regular workshop, seminar and publication of journals

• Improvement of seminar library facilities/literatures

• Reducing class size to an optimum number (e.g., 50)


Proposed improvement plans


MAIN FOCUS SUB-FOCUSES STRATEGIES ACTIVITIES

Implementation of

Vision and

Mission

Redesign/revision of

overall course-curriculum

Incorporation of alumni, students and employers in

curriculum design

Consulting foreign & national experts

Having expert opinions

Including stakeholders

Organizing workshops

Setting learning outcomes:

emphasizing knowledge,

attitudes and skills

Revising course contents

Upgrading teaching methods/skills

Training of teachers for interactive classes, lesson plan

and course-curriculum design,

pedagogical skills

Upgrading fieldwork procedures

Organizing teaching workshops

Offering courses and resources

Developing Student Handbook

Developing Teaching Handbook

Developing assessment procedures

Enhancing

teaching-learning

facilities

Class-room facilities:

multi-media, internet,

uninterrupted power,

audio-visual equipment

Renovation, improvements, and establishment

Offering training and E-courses

Providing computers & internet

Collecting books and E-resources

Accessing research software

Offering E-courses related to academic writing, bibliography

management, ethics and

plagiarism

Upgrading departmental website


Enhancing practice

/ practical facilities

Improving field work

capacities and

competencies Professional engagement with communities:

redesign/establishment of

internship agencies and

services

Founding skill development lab

Field Action Project (FAP)

Developing Fieldwork Manual

Developing Research Manual

Arranging workshops with faculty, students, agency

professionals

Improving research

capacities and

competencies

Improving

Governance and

Management

Upholding

professional/ethical values

and standards

Professionalizing teaching

Setting up student admission criteria and procedures

Setting up a fair and objective teachers

recruitment procedure

Creating field supervisor positions

Developing Handbook related to Ethical / Professional

Guidelines

Ethical teaching guidelines

Establishing feedback cell

Motivation/aptitude test

Reducing class size

Written test and class demonstration

Initiating teachers’ course evaluation

Recruiting field-specific staffs

Ensuring accountability

and transparency

Developing

trust/cooperation

Ensuring stakeholders’

feedback regularly

Admitting students having

helping

attitudes/motivation

Having qualified

teachers/staffs

Student counseling

and support

services

Developing student

counseling and support

services

Academic counseling/advising

Career counseling placement

Addressing complain/feedback

Assigning academic advising and counseling tasks among

faculties

Establishing career/placement cell

Establishing feedback/complain unit

MAIN FOCUS SUB-FOCUSES STRATEGIES ACTIVITIES

Thank You


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