Islamabad, (Parliament Times) : NUST School of Health Sciences (NSHS) organized a Quality Assurance & Accreditation Awareness Seminar on Human Nutrition & Dietetics (HND). Principal NSHS Dr. Rizwan Ashraf received the honorable guests, Dr. Abdul Ghaffar, Secretary National Agriculture Education Accreditation Council (NAEAC), and Mr Abdullah, Programme Coordinator NAEAC.
The session began with a comprehensive briefing on the facilities, infrastructure, and R&D initiatives at NUST and NSHS. Dr. Aamir Ijaz, senior faculty from NSHS, gave an overview of the HND Department and the newly introduced BS HND program. Ensuing was a talk by Dr Abdul Ghaffar on “Quality Assurance & Accreditation in Higher Education.” The Secretary of NAEAC briefed the audience about the role and functioning of NAEAC, the evaluation criteria of the accreditation process (8 standards and 73 sub-standards), and the impact of accreditation on quality improvement through the accreditation data of the last 14 years. He explained the overall process of accreditation and its significance in maintaining the quality of education. He underscored the importance of ensuring the quality of education and research facilities offered to students of Agriculture and allied fields, especially considering that many institutions are now offering degree programs in these fields. The talk was followed by a Q&A session. Principal NSHS thanked the honourable guests and assured to fulfilled the accreditation requirements of NAEAC in compliance with the quality standards.
NUST School of Health Sciences (NSHS) is a constituent school of the National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST). The school launched the BS Human Nutrition & Dietetics (HND) program in February 2024. There are 50 students currently enrolled in the program.
