UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
QUALITY ASSURANCE BUREAU (QAB)

Functions

 


The QAB is responsible for the overall management of Quality assurance activities at UDSM. 


The functions of QAB are as follows:

  1. Develop, strategize, promote and oversee the implementation of  the quality assurance policy and its functions within and outside the University;
  2. Ensuring that set performance standards in all aspects of the University functions are appropriate and relevant;
  3. Developing and periodically updating general operational manuals, quality assurance tools, and internal procedures to guide university-level QA operations, as well as instruments for use in internal assessment and evaluations;
  4. Monitoring/implementation of quality assurance activities in all units as per the set standards;
  5. Providing advice and guidance to implementation units on the execution of QA activities;
  6. Coordination of internal self-evaluation of quality assurance systems;
  7. Analysis of all QA reports and identification of issues arising from them for the attention of the management at departmental, faculty/school, college and university levels;
  8. Facilitation of external evaluation of UDSM and its academic programmes and administrative units;
  9. Provision of external evaluation results to Management and units;
  10. Monitoring of implementation of internal and external evaluation recommendations;
  11. Synthesis of topical QA matters in higher education (arising from debates and practices in the regional and global contexts) and updating the university community and Management accordingly;
  12. Updating the VC on the functioning of the UDSM QA system and on the overall quality status of the University;
  13. Linking UDSM with national, regional and international standards and professional bodies and agencies in QA matters;
  14. Linking UDSM with the industry on matters related to the quality assurance in its various functions of the University; and perform any other duties related to quality assurance as shall be determined by the Board.