Dire Dawa Institute of Technology

Department of Textile Engineering

Individual Instructor's BSC planning format

School:
Program:

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 broadbased 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

Strategic Objectives
1. Improve customer and stakeholder satisfaction

Customer

2. Improve students competence and innovativeness

3. Increase accessibility of services

Financial

4. Enhance Internal Revenue Generation

5. Improve Resource Utilization
6. Improve service quality

Internal Business Process

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
Objective

Improve
students
satisfaction

Weight
for
Strategic
Objective

7%

Implementation Period
Performance
measure

student staff
Evaluation

Degree of
students
participation
in curricula
and extra
curricula
activities

Improve

Target
of 2007

75%

40%

students
competenc
2

and

8%

innovative
ness

Success rate

97%

Weight
for each
activities

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
Continuous assessment
Facilitating peer to peer
(active) learning
environments

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Support From
Immediate
Supervisor
Apr

May

June

1
2
2

0.5

0.5

0.5
0.5
1
Lab Facility
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.5
1
0.25

Library Books

Number of
Ethics
violations

Index of
students who
conduct
problem
solving
research
project

Increase
accessibility
of services

5%

Number of
customers
addressed by
community
services

Number of
Documentatio

85%

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.

0.5

0.25

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Ensuring all required

materials are available for
the projects

0.1

Properly advise and make

students conduct problem
solving projects or
researches.
Identification and prioritize
kebeles/customers for
community service

10

0.1

Office Staff
to be
provided for
assistance

Students
Discipline

0.4

provide community
services (training etc)

0.2

Dissemination of
completed projects.

0.4

Continuous Documentation
(Recording sessions)

Staff and
students for
Marketing
and
Translation
Staff and
students for
Marketing
and
Translation

Perspective

Promoting DDIT through

any possible means

Finance

Weight

No

Strategic
Objective

Enhance
Internal
Revenue
Generation

Weight
for
Strategic
Objective

5%

Performance
measure

Total income
generated as
per your
activity

Throughput

Improve
Resource
Utilization

10%

Total cost of
items used in
teaching
process per
course

Target
of
2007

10

75%

1%

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

Weight

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

Support
From
Immediate
Supervisor

Actively participate in all

relevant internal revenue
generation projects
(outreach, training and
consultancy services)

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

3
1
3
1
1
1

10

Staff and
students for
Marketing
and
Translation,
Office Staff

Perspective

Internal Business process

Weight

No

Strategic
Objective

Weight
for
Strategic
Objective

Implementation Period
Performance
measure

Target
of
2007

Number of
programs
assured by
HERQA

Improve
service
quality

12%

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.

Weight
for each
activities

Cover the course content

according to course plan.
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

0.5
0.5
0.5

0.5

0.5
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.2
0.5

Improving teaching &

assessment variety

0.5

11

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

Support
From
Immediat
e
Supervisor

Number of
publication
and or patents
registered

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

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

0.5

0.5

Plan for duplication and

procurement

5;10

Enhance the quality of

teaching materials and
handouts

0.25

Duplicating reference and

text books

Percentage
of staff quality
rated by peers
and boss

Percentage of
disadvantaged
students that
got support 1

0.25

Deploying citizen charter

system
Ensure Equal treatment of
customers and being
hospitable
Timely feedback on the
implementation of
evaluation processes
75%

65%

Office
Staff for
Assistance
in inter
office
Communic
ation and
Procureme
nt

0.25
0.25

0.25

Timely communicate all

evaluation results
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

0.25

0.25

0.25
0.25
0.5

12

Office
Staff For
Duplicatio
n Work

Asses the provided support

to the students

Number of
research and
technology
transfer
conducted

0.25

Identify researchable
topics and prepare research
proposal
Actively participate in peer
review of proposals and
research outputs
1

Conduct and finalize

research projects

Availabilit
y of
Materials,
Sufficient
Finance
Realisticall
y,( TA &
DA) and
Making
Purchase
Simplified

2
Present research outputs in
symposiums, seminars etc

Expansion
of
all
services

9%

Identifying potential areas

to provide community
service by your department
Number of
community
services
provided

Develop concept notes

incepting community
services

0.5

Actively participate on the

execution of approved
community services

Improve
effectivenes
s and
efficiency of
Manageme
nt process

9%

Number of
ICT enabled
services

10

0.5

Identifying areas which can

be supported by ICT
Submit final grades 4 days
after the end of the final
exam schedule

3
4

13

Staff and
students
for
Marketing
and
Translatio
n,
Office
Staff

Fill leave format and got

permission for absence (if
any)

Enhance
and
strengthen
partnership

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

5
2

Registratio
n Fees

Link the department/

faculty with potential
partners if possible

Perspective

Timely
Communic
ation

Communi
cation
Allowance,
TA & DA

Learning and growth

Weight

NO

10

Strategic
Objective

Improve
staffs
capacity

Weight for
Strategic
Objective

Performance
measure

10%

Number of
trainings,
forums,
conferences
and
seminars
attended

Targe
t of
2007

10

Weight for
each
activities
Activities
Engaging on
short term
training
Engaging on
forums
Engaging on
conferences and
seminars
Actively
participate in
committee work

Implementation Period
Sep
1
1
1

14

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

Support
From
Immediate
Supervisor

preparation
of proposal
for research
grant or
contract
funding

11

Improve
working
environment
and culture

9%

Percentage
of Employee
turnover

2%

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/skill
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 rapport
with the staff
Develop and
promote sense
of
belongingness
and ownership
Commit to
punctuality
Developing
good time
management
skill

1
1

15

Number of
access to
global
knowledge
networks

12

Establish and
improve
infrastructur
e
and
facilities

6%

Percentage
of facilities
renovated

75%

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

0.5

0.5

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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