"PRACTICING OUTCOME BASED EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN UNIVERSITIES: A STEP TOWARDS GLOBALIZATION"

Abstract

Outcome based education is a system of education in which steps about the implementation of a curriculum are determined by a program specific learning outcomes students would have achieved at the time of their graduation. These steps consist of course content, educational policies, stake holders input and assessment methodologies. Since Pakistan is one of those few countries who are still following the traditional teacher centric methodology, it is desired to switch to the outcome based education system to be compatible with the rest of the developed world. In this paper, authors describe their experience of using faculty course assessment report for the assessment of student performance in ECON 341 Mathematical Economics, a BS in Economics course offered at Economics department of Abasyn University Peshawar.