DU history department holds workshop on outcome-based teaching, assessment
The Department of History at Dhaka University held a daylong workshop today (9 October) on teaching and assessing students under an outcome-based education curriculum.
The workshop, titled "Teaching and Assessment in OBE Curriculum", began at 10 am in the vice-chancellor's conference room at Bangladesh Open University's Gazipur campus, according to the press release.
Bangladesh Open University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman Khan attended as the chief guest.
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"Proper implementation of an outcome-based education curriculum is essential to building a modern, quality education system. This curriculum will help move beyond the conventional examination- and certificate-based system, improve the quality of education, and prepare students to compete globally," he said.
However, he said teaching and assessing students under the new curriculum posed a significant challenge for teachers. Training and workshops were necessary to help teachers who had long followed conventional methods adapt to the changes.
Siddiqur said he hoped the workshop would give teachers a clear understanding of the curriculum's teaching and assessment methods and help them contribute effectively to its successful implementation.
He said the initiative, rooted in Dhaka University's history department and its longstanding tradition, could serve as an example for other departments.
He thanked the department for organising the workshop and called on other departments under the Faculty of Arts to undertake similar initiatives.
Dhaka University Faculty of Arts Dean Professor Dr Md Abul Kalam Sarker attended as the special guest.
He said implementing the outcome-based education curriculum would help uphold the history department's longstanding tradition. He also emphasised drawing on the skills and experience of teachers who had served as master trainers for the University Grants Commission.
Abul Kalam said the workshop would help identify and address existing limitations and shortcomings in teaching and student assessment.
He expressed hope that the initiative would further improve the quality of education and help preserve the history department's tradition.
