The Directorate of Quality Assurance
University of Duhok

Teaching Quality Assurance (TQA)

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The TQA program was announced by the MHESR to pursue the goals set by the Ministry which are:

• Instill confidence in the value of the certificates awarded to students by the universities and institutes of the Kurdistan Region;
• Assure the public that the quality of education and lectures offered by our universities and institutes are up to par and on a level of those offered by international universities;
• Support students during taking their courses of study;
• Writing reports, reviewing, following up, observing, filing, decision-making, and sometimes examining the lecture contents and methodology.

The above mentioned goals are to help the teachers/ lecturers present a lecture in a modern way through using the necessary tools set for that purpose e.g. computers and data- shows via the Power Point Presentation- PPP device which raises the enhancement of the teachers abilities to use nowadays techniques and technologies in order to update their knowledge and references.

As well, the teacher is required to prepare a coursebook for the taught subjects given by him/ her. The coursebook is a sort of summary of the subject that the student will take either during the first or second course of the academic year, or during the whole academic year. It will include personal information of the teacher and the coordinator to contact them which eases the connection between the teacher and the students. In addition, the coursebook has to include the objectives of the subject in general and the reasons of the importance and the necessity of this course. The same information about the teacher's contact details, the objectives and the importance and necessity must be with regard to the topics included within the subject of the course.

Furthermore the teacher is required to supply the coursebook with some sample of the questions of the given subject for the students and how to prepare practical strategies for answering the question. The questions should be with multiple types i.e. Multiple choice questions that is to offer a range of choices from which you select the most appropriate response. Short answer questions require answers of up to a paragraph. Essay questions require you to write an essay type response to a topic. Essay questions may be arranged in sections in the exam paper which reflect different sections of the course. Take home questions are questions that are given to you to take away and complete and then return within a specified time e.g. 24 hours. Oral questions are used to test oral language skills. Typically they are taken individually and, Practical questions test your practical skills and technique usually in laboratory, clinical or field settings.