AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON ASSESSMENT OF PO ATTAINMENT FOR A DIPLOMA PROGRAM

The Outcome based Education (OBE) has been one of the major concern of most academic institution in India, especially among the engineering institution as the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) has made it compulsory towards program accreditation. This paper aims to provide an evaluation method for the attainment of Program Outcomes for Engineering Diploma Program as defined by National Board of Accreditation (NBA). NBA requires specific evaluation techniques and assessment methods for measuring the attainment of Course Outcomes and Program Outcomes. Accordingly this paper describes the assessment method used to measure the PO via direct assessment of the Course Outcomes and indirect methods through surveys. Course Outcomes for each course were developed and surveys were conducted throughout the semesters to assess the level of awareness and understanding of OBE.