OUTCOME BASED EDUCATION: A STEP TOWARDS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION OF PAKISTAN

Abstract

The need for outcome based education is of paramount importance as
outcome based education system is a student-centric teaching and learning
approach in which course delivery and assessment are planned to attain
certain well defined objectives and outcomes. It emphases on assessing
student performance i.e. outcomes at different levels. Due to its immense
benefits to the students, adopting outcome based education is a favorite
choice of curriculum planners, curriculum developers, faculty, employers
and students. This paper describes a basic framework of assessing outcome
based education which may be implemented by the higher education
commission of Pakistan in degree awarding institution across.