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▪ Student services/supports

▪ Progression rate and retention rate of learners

▪ Tracer Studies

▪ Internalization of quality assurance and external reviewing process

▪ Quality of the processes in the Institute

▪ Accountability of funds used

Status of the Quality Assurance procedure in DCEU of University of Ruhuna

DCEU has been involved in producing Bachelor of Arts degree graduates and different qualifications
holders like Certificates, Advanced Certificates, and Diploma. Due to various disturbing factors,

quality assurance procedures pertaining to teaching, learning, examination, and services had not been
adequately practiced since many years at DCEU. Considering this situation, DCEU has taken steps to

establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell to the DCEU in 2021 in order to attend in quality

enhancement and monitoring procedures in all the processes in DCEU aiming to produce qualification
holders with required quality and inefficient manners.

As the initial work, the Quality enhancement procedure for ODL in DCEU of University of Ruhuna

is formulated and implemented under four categories given.

1. Quality Assurance process for the academic programmes

2. Learners support

3. Quality enhancement process of the operational procedures academic, examination &

administration

4. Quality enhancement of examinations/ assessments of External degrees (EDP) and Extension
courses (EC)

Quality Assurance Process for the Academic Programmes

• Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) for Distance and Continuing Education Unit (DCEU)
has been established in order to assist the quality enhancement of the ODL system.

• IQAC of DCEU set the guideline for reviewing the process (internal and external) of new
academic programmes before implementing.

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