TOOLS FOR MEASURING COURSE AND PROGRAM OUTCOMES: A PRACTICAL ASPECT IDENTIFYING THE GAPS

The Central aspect of outcome based education (OBE) is basically the assessment of the outcomes of the courses. When the question arises about the implementation of OBE at its initial stage the course outcomes for every course are based on the program outcomes (POs) and its requirements. At the completion of every course the course outcomes (Cos) requires to be evaluated and assessment is required using any tool such as examination, quiz, presentation, MCQ etc. to verify and check that it is being attained or GAP analysis is identified. This research paper definitely opens new ways and describe the methods and background which must be used to evaluate or accessed the attainment of Course outcomes and results assessed for overall management/administrative courses in business administration. In this paper the assessment was done for management programs for post-graduation with the strength of 240 students. This paper uses data that has been procured from students attained marks in practical, theory, presentation, quiz, assignments and MCQ for transforming them into professional persons which can be acumen in the societies. To expedite this analytical process the method of computerized system using excel sheets has been introduced. The findings of this research are then used for the minimizing the GAPs and improve the continuous quality of the students