DEFICIENCIES

REMEDIES

1) Practicals conducted in Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacology are inadequate for the semester.

2) Interaction with Students in the programme revealed that they have not acquired expected soft skills appropriate to their levels.

3) Internal quality assurance is not effective. There is no minutes of meetings or records of decisions taken.

4) There are no qualified permanent technologists in the Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Clinical Pharmacy Laboratories.

5) No evidence of staff development programme for both the academic and non-teaching staff in the programme.

6) The following essential equipment Kymograph, Stimulator, Langendhorff and Soxhelet Extractor are not available in the Pharmacology Laboratory. Also, there is no Tableting Machine for Pharmaceutics.

7) Academic Staff offices are slightly inadequate in space.

8) There is no evidence of research collaborations by staff and students in the programme.

1) The University should ensure that more practical sessions
are conducted in Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacology.

2) The University should ensure that students in the programme acquire relevant soft skills appropriate to their levels

3) The University should strengthen the internal quality assurance mechanism to impact on the programme

4) The University should employ qualified permanent technologists in all the laboratories.

5) The University should ensure that all the academic and non-teaching staff in the programme benefit from staff development programme.

6) All essential laboratory equipment should be provided for the programme

7) The University should provide spacious offices for academic staff in the programme.

8) The University should encourage staff and students in the programme to engage in more research activities.