The LUMS Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) staff attended a two-day training on ‘Management Systems for Higher Educational Organisations - Requirements with Guidance for Use’ in Islamabad on March 9 -10, 2018. All members of the QEC team who attended the training successfully achieved certification post an extensive on-site exam on the completion of their training. In addition, Assistant Manager QEC, Hiba Khurshid secured the highest marks in the certification examination thereby marking LUMS as a titleholder of the only Outstanding IPS-QSi EOMS Certification in the region.
Ms. Khurshid not only secured top most marks in Pakistan but also Milwaukee, USA where the same session was being run simultaneously that weekend. LUMS is currently the only university that holds such an accolade amongst their staff within the country.
The certification was authorised by QSi (Quality Systems International Institute), an international community of professionals dedicated to management systems quality by sharing ideas and tools that work on improving workplaces. QSi is registered in Pakistan as a not-for-profit research centre being run by Prof. Dr. Shoji Shiba, Chris Hayes and Imran Rana. The certified programme will help QEC Heads/HEIs professionals to align their daily activities effectively with the mission, vision and strategic themes of their institutes as well as comply with Higher Education Commission (HEC) requirements.
ISO 21001, Educational Organisation Management Systems, is an international standard of quality developed by the International Organisation for Standardization. It is intended to provide a common management tool for organisations providing educational products and services.
