A COHERENT PARADIGM TO SYSTEMATICALLY ARCHIVE AND TRACK THE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL CORE ATTRIBUTES TO DEVELOP AN EFFICIENT HUMAN CAPITAL

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Biju Theruvil Sayed,2Nihal Biju

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Core attributes of an outcome based higher educational institution is much associated with the key educational terms such as graduate attributes, program learning outcomes and course learning outcomes. It is the institutional obligation to ensure that these attributes are precisely delivered and attained in sequence. In order to trace and realize its vision, mission and other higher level strategies, institutions should be capable to track the accomplishments of such attributes. From an educational institutions perspective, the quality of education is normally impacted by its policies, procedures, workforce, facilities, technological resources and the success is primarily measured by the proficiency and quality of its graduates, which can be evaluated by the gained knowledge and skills assessed throughout their educational voyage. Consecutively, in order to produce such capable knowledgeable and skilled graduates, the institutions should ensure the process to deliver an effective curriculum to its students and should also be able to keep track of the attainment status of the delivered curriculum. Without efficiently accomplishing these processes it is obviously not possible to measure the factual knowledge and skills obtained by the graduates. The usual methods of tracking such components are reflections through interviews, questionnaires, surveys, feedbacks and other similar methods. Though such methods are valuable and serve the purpose up to a limited extent but are not scientifically measurable and could be influenced under various parameters. The authors in this research present an innovative unique software that is developed from a patented methodology to measure the delivery and attainment of such components. Followed by rigorous research incorporated with systematic, experiential, pragmatic and scientific approaches into vital consideration, the paradigm in this paper reflects and presents a unique, innovative and rational ploy to measure such attributes applicable in any outcome based educational system. The advantages of the proposed methodology is that it will help develop enhanced quality of education and developed and capable human capital much anticipated by any institution or community.

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