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The Quality Assurance Cell of the Faculty of Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries & Nutrition, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka was established in 2016 according to the guidelines given by the Quality Assurance Council of UGC. FQAC has a broad mandate of coordinating all the quality assurance related activities within the faculty in liaison with the Director, Centre for Quality Assurance of the University in line with the UGC circular 04\/2015. It also promotes measures for faculty level functioning towards quality enhancement through internalizing best practices in academic, academic-related and administrative processes. The UGC, empowered by Section 4(2) of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978, Quality Assurance and Accreditation would pursue\/promote QA programmes according to universities.<\/p>\n
Quality Assurance (QA) is the means by which an institution can guarantee with confidence and certainty, that the standard and quality of its educational provision are being monitored, maintained and enhanced. FQAC has a broad mandate of coordinating all the quality assurance related activities within the faculty in liaison with the Internal Quality Assurance Unit (IQAU) of the University in line with the commission circular 04\/2015. It also promotes measures for faculty level functioning towards quality enhancement through internalizing of best practices in academic, academic-related and administrative processes.<\/p>\n
In this regard the following specific activities will be pursued:<\/p>\n
Activities of FQAC<\/b><\/p>\n
FQAC establishes its own internal policies and procedures for quality assurance: including<\/p>\n
(1) Curriculum revision<\/p>\n
(2) Continuous improvement in programme delivery<\/p>\n
(3) Student assessment<\/p>\n
(4) Student and peer evaluation of teaching<\/p>\n
(5) Monitoring of key performance indicators such as research output<\/p>\n
(6) Develop operational procedures with respect to governance and management.<\/p>\n
FQAC arranges workshops, awareness programmes, seminars and training programmes\u00a0<\/span>to students, academic and non-academic staff members of the faculty to enhance the quality of the education.<\/p>\n Preparation of survey forms to get feedback from students, staff, stakeholders, etc., related to quality assurance and based on the outcome of surveys FQAC shall submits recommendations to the Faculty Board to continuously improve the quality.<\/p>\n The FQAC shall facilitate and promote the sharing of good practices followed in other faculties\/institutes.<\/p>\n The FQAC shall prepare QA-related guidelines, manuals and evaluation forms for the Faculty usage.<\/p>\n \n Members of the Faculty Quality Assurance Cell<\/b><\/p>\n Dr. Ananda Chandrasekara \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Coordinator, FQAC<\/p>\n Prof. Ajith Jayaweera BP\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 –\u00a0<\/span>Dean\/ Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries & Nutrition<\/p>\n Dr. (Ms) RLDK Malkanthi \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Head\/ Department of Applied Nutrition<\/p>\n Dr. (Ms) S Jayathilake \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Head\/ Department of Food Science & Technology<\/p>\n Dr. RGS Wijesekara \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Head\/ Department of Aquaculture & Fisheries<\/p>\n Mr. WADV Weerathilaka\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Head\/ Department of Livestock & Avian Sciences <\/span><\/p>\n Prof. KDRR Silva \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– <\/span>Director, Centre for Quality Assurance<\/p>\n Prof. (Ms) CVL Jayasinghe\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Professor, Department of Food Science & Technology<\/p>\n Dr. (Ms) JMKJK Premarathne \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Department of Livestock & Avian Sciences<\/p>\n Dr. (Ms.) HPS Senarath\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Department of Food Science & Technology<\/p>\n Ms. AMNT Adhikari \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Department of Applied Nutrition<\/p>\n Ms. KAP Manamperi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Senior Staff Technical Officer <\/span><\/p>\n Ms. WMS Nishadi \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Postgraduate Student Representative<\/p>\n Ms. MMRD Mel \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>-Undergraduate Student Representative<\/p>\n Prof. (Ms) ODAN Perera\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span>– Representative of BOS <\/span><\/p>\n Dr. MDST de Croos \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Chairman\/RDPC<\/p>\n Dr. (Ms.) TUS Peiris\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Bio Statistics Unit\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Dr. WMHK Wijenayake \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Department of Aquaculture & Fisheries<\/p>\n Mr. HUKZ de Rajapaksha\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Undergraduate Student Representative<\/p>\n Ms. SPAU Senarath \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>– Assistant Registrar<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Faculty Quality Assurance Cell\u00a0 The Quality Assurance Cell of the Faculty of Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries & Nutrition, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka was established in 2016 according to the guidelines given by the Quality Assurance Council of UGC. 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