Dire Dawa Institute of Technology

Department of Textile Engineering

Individual Instructor's BSC planning format

School:
Program:

Textile and Fashion

Textile Engineering

Chair:
Name of Instructor:

Sivaganesh Babu

Job Position:

Lecturer

Academic Year:

2014-15

Dire Dawa ,Ethiopia

October, 2014

BACKGROUND
Textile is the main strategic center for economic development of the country
and it has advanced rapidly in terms of the technology involved,
materials produced and applications. Keeping these in mind, Harmonized
curriculum of B.Sc. program of Textile Engineering in Dire Dawa Institute of
technology (DDIT) has been launched in 2012/13 G.C/2005 E.C. The syllabus
for the program incorporates courses relevant to the modern textile industry.
Textile Engineering Department (TED) is one of the limbs of the Dire Dawa
Institute of Technology (DDIT) whose objectives perfectly fit the strategy of
agriculture-led and export-oriented industrialization and the effort to combat
the problem of textile, Apparel & Fashion manufacturing and trade of the
country.
TED also serves the local community and the industries by providing
research and consultancy services related to apparel and textiles and also
support to Textile and garment industries by expertise to become competent
in the world market.
The main objective of textile engineering program is to provide broad-based
education and training in textile engineering; to enable graduates to be
creative, adaptable, problem solver in the challenges of the engineering
professions in rapidly changing environment that exists in the globe. These
changes require the ability to apply existing knowledge in new ways
thereby creating new systems and opportunities as well as adapting
existing technology to local production conditions. Moreover, it aims to
initiate, develop and sustain research activities that are critical for the
conditioning of advancement of the Ethiopian textile industries. The
Department aims to foster the diversity of the teaching staff members in
various disciplines without losing sight of maintaining a large proportion of
staff members firmly anchored in the core disciplines of Textile, Garment and
Fashion Design field.

Vision:
To become one of the best ten textile quality educators in Africa in
2025 G.C

Mission:
The mission of Textile Engineering is: To create an atmosphere of learning in which students acquire
knowledge and learn to apply it properly with due consideration for
ethical, ecological and economic issues.
To educate prospective graduates, provide knowledge and develop
skills in technology, engineering, planning and design
To pursue research and disseminate research findings.
To provide knowledge based technological services to satisfy the needs
of society and industry.
To help in building national capabilities in science, technology, design,
humanities, management, education and research.

Core Values of the Department

1. Academic Excellence
Enrichment opportunities for students, faculty and staff

Innovative teaching through continuous learning and growth

Dissemination of relevant knowledge and advanced skills

2. Research Innovation, Discovery and Creativity

Mentoring students

Generation and dissemination of valued knowledge

Good scientific standards

3. Community service
Provision of quality and effective community service through training,
consultancy, and outreach with the involvement of the country.
4. Team spirit: TED staff, students and community work together to
realize our mission and vision.
5. Excellence in Service and Outreach
Responsiveness to local, national and global societies

Contribution to industry and professional organizations

6. Educational and Professional Ethics

Care and concern for our students, staff, alumni and faculty

Valuing diverse needs, opinions, cultures, and beliefs

Providing and receiving open and honest communication and feedback

Maintaining professional ethics and standards

7. Partnership
Work together entire activities with our customers/stakeholders.
8. Academic Freedom and Autonomy
TED respects for individual privacy, dignity, the right to personal
choice, intellectual honesty, rigour in debate, and openness to
alternative ideas and respect for other views, beliefs and opinions.
9. Social Responsibility: Compassion, generosity and concern for the
needs and aspirations of others, and in particular for the challenges
faced by the less privileged in our society. It also emprise on respect
and tolerance for cultural, religious, political, and other differences and
acknowledgement of the value of diversity in society. It concerns for
the personal safety, health and welfare of all members of the
10.
Transparency and Public Accountability: The DDIT is
accountable to its university and stakeholders by providing clear and
open records of all of its operations. It commits truth, fairness,
consistency, and integrity in both academic and other work, and in all
personal and institutional relationships.

Goals
1. To establish and understanding of fundamental engineering and
technology concepts. It will provide an opportunity for students to obtain
sufficient depth of fundamental knowledge to support lifelong learning in the
field of study.
2. Providing our graduates with a strong competitive advantage with their
unique background of engineering fundamentals combined with practical
knowledge and experience.
3. Provide quality undergraduate education in textile technology and
retaining the coordination from international bodies.

4. Develop research programs that enable the competence center to achieve

and maintain national prominence in areas that support its educational
mission and in areas that are important to the economy of the count
5. The main objectives of the undergraduate and programs are to provide
broad-based education and training in textile engineering; to enable
graduates to be creative, adaptable, problem solver in the challenges of the
engineering and Design professions in rapidly changing environment that
exists in the globe. Moreover, it aims to initiate, develop and sustain
research activities that are critical for the advancement of the Ethiopian
textile, garment and fashion industrys.

Motto:
A better educated generation, a better future for our nation

Strategic Themes:
1. Excellence in Education
2. Excellence in Research, Technology Transfer and Industrial Linkage
3. Excellence in Community Service
4. Excellence in Good Governance

Strategic Objectives:
Perspectives
Customer
Financial
Internal Business
Process

Strategic Objectives
1. Improve customer and stakeholder satisfaction
2. Improve students competence and innovativeness
3. Increase accessibility of services
4. Enhance Internal Revenue Generation
5. Improve Resource Utilization
6. Improve service quality
7. Expansion of all services
8. Improve effectiveness and efficiency of Management
process
9. Enhance and strengthen partnership
10. Improve staffs capacity

Learning and
Growth

11. Improve working environment and culture

12. Establish and improve infrastructure and facilities

Perspective

Customer

Weight

NO

Strategic
Objectiv
e

Improve
students
satisfactio
n

Weight
for
Strateg
ic
Objecti
ve

7%

Implementation Period
Performan Targe
ce
t
of
measure
2007

student
staff
Evaluation

75%

8%

Improve
students

Degree of
students
participatio
n in
curricula
and extra
curricula
activities

40%

competen
ce

and

innovative
ness

Success
rate

97%

Weight
for
each
activiti
es

Activities
Maintain good rapport
with students.
Take and report
students attendance
regularly
Discuss with students
about their learning
needs
Solicit feedback from
students on his/her
performance and
improve his/her
teaching approaches
accordingly
Identification of
curricula and extra
curricula activities
Encourage students to
forward feedbacks on
the learning-teaching
process
Encourage beneficiary
students to actively
participate in class
Involving students in
extra curricula
activities
Facilitate active
student engagement in
practical sessions
Enhancing academic
guidance
Ensuring practical
based education in all
practical courses
Providing tutorials for
needy students
Improving instructional
media
Implementation of

Se
p

Oc
t

No
v

De
c

Ja
n

Fe
b

Ma
r

Ap
r

Support
From
Immediate
Supervisor
May

June

0.5

0.5

0.5
0.5
1
Lab Facility
0.5
1
0.5
0.5
1

Library
Books

Number of
Ethics
violations

Index of
students
who
conduct
problem
solving
research
project

Increase
accessibili
ty of
services

5%

Number of
customers
addressed by
community
services

85%

Continuous
assessment
Facilitating peer to
peer (active) learning
environments
Offer regular
consultation assistance
to students
Plan tutorial sessions
and provide sufficient
exercises to achieve
the desired objectives
Delivering academic
and professional
trainings for students
Orienting students with
appropriate
medium
about ethical violations
consequences.
Actively participate on
the
execution
of
awareness
raising
schemes
Develop concept
notes incepting
awareness raising
schemes on issues
relevant to problem
solving projects
Proposal preparation
for problem solving
projects.

0.25
0.5

0.25

0.5

Ensuring all required

materials are available
for the projects

Properly advise and

make students conduct
problem solving
projects or researches.
Identification and
prioritize
kebeles/customers for
community service
provide community
services (training etc)

Office Staff
to be
provided for
assistance
Students
Discipline

0.4
0.2

Staff and
students for
Marketing
and
Translation

Dissemination of
completed projects.

Number of
Documentat
ion

Perspective

10

Staff and
students for
Marketing
and
Translation

0.4

Continuous
Documentation
(Recording sessions)
Promoting DDIT
through any possible
means

1
3

Finance

Weight

No

Strategic
Objective

Enhance
Internal
Revenue
Generatio
n

Improve
Resource
Utilization

Weight
for
Strategi
c
Objectiv
e

5%

Implementation Period

Performanc
e measure

Total
income
generated
as per your
activity

Targe
t of
2007

10

10%
Throughput
Total cost of
items used
in teaching
process per
course

75%
1%

Activities
Come up at least with
two concept notes
incepting revenue
generation projects

Weight

Se
p

Oc
t

No
v

De
c

Ja
n

Feb

Ma
r

Apr

Support
From
Immediate
Supervisor
May

June

Actively participate in
all relevant internal
revenue generation
projects (outreach,
training and
consultancy services)

Staff and
students
for
Marketing
and
Translation
Office Staff

preparation of
individual BSC plan
Submit performance
report on time
proper use of teaching
material and other on
hand resource
Applying prevention
and maintenance
mechanisms

10

Deploying cost
effective and efficient
methods in teaching
process
Application of kaizen

Perspective

Internal Business process

Weight

No
6

Strategic
Objective
Improve
service
quality

Weight
for
Strategi
c
Objectiv
e
12%

Performanc
e measure
Number of
programs
assured by
HERQA

Targe
t of
2007
1

Activities
Prepare course
outline and exam
sheets as per DDIT
standard
Make adequate
preparation for each
class.
Implement day one
class one policy
Prepare assignments
and exams, report on
continuous assessment
on time.
Provide timely
feedback to students
on assessment.
Cover the course
content according to

Weight
for
each
activiti
es

11

Implementation Period

Se
p

Oct

No
v

De
c

Jan

Feb

Ma
r

Apr

May

June

Support
From
Immediat
e
Superviso
r

course plan.

Number of
publication
and or
patents
registered

Number of
student to
resource
ratio to
TEXT BOOK,
REFERENCE
BOOK

Percentage
of staff
quality
rated by
peers and
boss

5;10

75%

Arrive on time on
duties and invigilate as
per the schedule
Utilize classroom time
fully for the intended
purposes.
Cover missed classes
(if any) promptly
through make up.
Prepare relevant
lessons supported by
e-learning
Improving teaching &
assessment variety
inolve in collaborative,
innovative,
multidisciplinary
research
Create an opportunity
for linkage with other
organization
Identify all available
Text book and
reference books in my
course
Plan for duplication
and procurement
Enhance the quality of
teaching materials and
handouts
Duplicating reference
and text books
Deploying citizen
charter system
Ensure Equal
treatment of
customers and being
hospitable
Timely feedback on
the implementation of
evaluation processes
Timely communicate
all evaluation results

0.2
0.2

0.25

0.25

0.15
0.15

0.3
0.05
0.05

12

Percentage
of
disadvantag
ed students
that got
support 1

Number of
research
and
technology
transfer
conducted

Expansion
of
all
services

Improve
effectiven
ess and

Asses the provided

support to the students

Identify researchable
topics and prepare
research proposal
Actively participate in
peer review of
proposals and research
outputs
Conduct and finalize
research projects
Present research
outputs in
symposiums, seminars
etc

0.05

0.15
0.5
0.15

0.75

1.1

9%

Number of
community
services
provided

65%

Timely summit exams

with the answer key to
the department exam
and grading committee
Timely submit all
evaluation results to
the exam and grading
committee
Identification of
student with special
need
Provide the decided
special need

9%

Number of
ICT enabled
services

Identifying potential
areas to provide
community service by
your department

0.2

10

Develop concept
notes incepting
community services
Actively participate on
the execution of
approved community
services
Identifying areas which
can be supported by
ICT

0.25

1
0.5

13

Submit final grades 4

days after the end of
the final exam
schedule

efficiency
of
Managem
ent
process

Fill leave format and

got permission for
absence (if any)
0.5

Enhance
and
strengthe
n
partnershi
p

Perspective

10%

Number of
active
partnerships

Identify potential
partners and
partnership areas
register and being a
member of one
proffesional
association
Come up with concept
notes towards
initiating strategic
alliance and
partnership
Link the department/
faculty with potential
partners if possible

2.5

Learning and growth

Weight
Implementation Period

NO
10

Strategic
Objective
Improve
staffs
capacity

Weight for
Strategic
Objective
14%

Performan
ce
measure
Number
of
trainings,
forums,
conferenc

Targe
t of
2007
10

Weight for
each
activities
Activities
Engaging on
short term
training
Engaging on
forums

14

Se
p

Oct

No
v

De
c

0.3

0.3

Jan

Feb

Ma
r

Apr

May

June

Support
From
Immediat
e
Superviso
r

es and
seminars
attended

preparatio
n of
proposal
for
research
grant or
contract
funding
11

Improve
working
environme
nt and
culture

10%

Percentag
e of
Employee
turnover

2%

Engaging on
conferences
and seminars
Actively
participate in
committee
work
Actively
participate in
round table
discussions
Search and
use
opportunities
for self
development
Identification
of
organizations
which fund
research
proposal
Prepare and
present
papers
Mentor and
coach other
colleagues
Share
knowledge/sk
ill gained
from other
seminars,
colloquiums,
workshops to
other fellow
department
colleagues
for mutual
learning
Collaborate
on
professional
issues with
colleagues
Exhibit
smooth
interaction
and good

15

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

Number
of access
to global
knowledge
networks

12

Establish
and
improve
infrastructu
re
and
facilities

6%

Percentag
e of
facilities
renovated

75%

rapport with
the staff
Develop and
promote
sense of
belongingnes
s and
ownership
Commit to
punctuality
Developing
good time
management
skill
Identification
of important
sites for DDIT
global
knowledge
access
Developing
proposal
Making
available the
necessary
audiovisual
materials and
course
modules,
Identification
of all facility
and
equipments (
under your
disposal) to
be renovated
and furnished
Maintaining
and
furnishing all
facility as
per standard
Renovating
all identified
failed
equipments
that can be
repaired

16

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.3

1.3

0.8

I agree with my supervisor to carry out the activities and tasks listed above and work to the best of my ability to bring about the expected
outcomes.
Supervisor: ____________________
Signature:______________
Date:________________

Instructor: _______________
Signature:______________
Date:_________________

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