Total implementation of ‘Outcome Based Evaluation’: Need of the hour

A study on employability by NASSCOM in 2017, shows that only 4.22% of engineering graduates are employable in product-based companies and that is 17% in service industries.  Some of the reasons attributed for such a dismal level of absorption are:

  • Students have to make do without of date curriculum
  • Graduates lack  communication/soft Skills
  • Institutions mostly follow the traditional method of teaching
  • The evaluation system has not been made robust enough to find out the knowledge level of the students


Given the above, Outcome Based Education (OBE) in Engineering is a need of the hour. Even though the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) with the support of ABET has listed 12 Graduate Attributes in the year 2013, most of the Indian Institutions are yet to move to the OBE system in full scale.  It is gratifying to note that our government is motivating the Institutions to get their programs accredited by National Board of Accreditation and is willing to help the institutions to take the process forward.

Inspired by the government positive stand, NMIT Bangalore which is one of the best engineering college in Bangalore, Karnataka has already implemented outcome-based valuation to the best advantage of students and the institute.

As an OBE Resource Person/Trainer, I have observed that there is much time lag in implementing the OBE.   Engineering Programs of the Institutions get accredited more on the basis of output-based parameters than the Outcome based ones. What comes in the way of effective implementation of OBE are the following.

  • Lack of awareness about OBE Terminologies and Practices among faculty and Institutions
  • Higher Class Strength
  • Liberal evaluation process.
  • Packed Academic Sessions and in-effective documentation process.
  • Majority of the Institutions functioning under Non-autonomous status.

Efficient Implementation of OBE requires following Steps

  1. Outcome-Based Curriculum (OBC). This will answer the question “What the student should be able to do?”
  2. Outcome-Based Learning and Teaching (OBLT) - This will answer the question “How to make the student achieve the outcome?” This will ensure innovative and effective delivery methods.
  3. Outcome-Based Assessment (OBA) - This will answer the question “How to measure what the student has achieved?”.   This will ensure effective assessment methods are in place.
  4. Continuous Quality Improvement.  One of the popular continuous quality improvement methods is Plan-Do-Check-Act. This Japanese Quality measure can be the panacea for many ills in the evaluation system. Top engineering college like NMIT have always led from the front in their quest for continuous improvement.

       By Dr.  Sanjay  H A, Professor & Head, Department of Information Science & Engineering, NMIT Bangalore

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