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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
Department of Educational Planning,
Policy Studies and Leadership
SUBJECT: MAILING PACKAGE OF M.A EPM-508 “PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING ADN EVALUATION” AUTUMN 2010, SEMESTER
Dear Students,
Assalam-o-Alaikum,
I feel great pleasure in welcome you to the MA EPM-508 course “Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation” in the current semester. The course, as you would feel it, is meant for equipping the prospective planners and administrators with the skills and techniques required by them. I hope you would find this course quite interesting as well as useful in your professional development. I am sure that the successful completion of this course will be a major step towards achievement of the MA EPM degree from the University in due course of time.
This mailing package contains:
i) Course Book (Units 1-18)
ii) Four Assignments
iii) Assignment Proformas (12)
iv) Schedule for submitting assignments
v) Acknowledgement receipt
You will receive your workshop assignment in due course which you would be required to present and submit in writing in the forthcoming workshop of the course towards the end of the semester.
Towards the end I wish you a happy and enjoyable semester. My services are available as and when required.
With best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
(Dr. S. Manzoor Hussain Shah)
Chairman/Course Coordinator
ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Department of EPPSL)
1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.
2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.
Course: Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation (508)
Level: MA–EPM Semester: Autumn, 2010
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40
Note: Before attempting assignments, please read the following instructions:
1. Please write in your assignment in legible handwriting.
2. Please submit the assignment on or before the specified date.
3. Late assignment will not be accepted in any case.
4. All questions carry equal marks.
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units: 1-5)
Q.1 Discuss various problems of development projects as identified in your book. Also suggest measures to overcome these problems. (20)
Q.2 How are plan, programme and project related to each other? Describe their major types by giving suitable examples from education sector. (20)
Q.3 What do you understand by “Project Plan”? Describe the major types of information which a project plan must contain to make it a useful document. (20)
Q.4 What do you understand by logical framework? Discuss its different characteristics and limitations in the context of project formulation. (20)
Q.5 Write short notes on the following: (20)
i) Externalities of the project
ii) Project appraisal
iii) PC-I form: Its uses and limitations
iv) Project design.
ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units: 6-9)
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40
Note: All questions carry equal marks.
Q.1 How does system approach help in successful implementation of the Project? Give reasons with examples in support of your answer. (20)
Q.2 Take some hypothetical project (other than the one given in the unit) and prepare Gantt Chart and PERT showing its major activities. (20)
Q.3 What do you mean by management organizations, what type of organizational changes would you prepare for successful implementation of educational projects in Pakistan. (20)
Q.4 Discuss four distinguishing features of development projects. Give examples in support of your answer. (20)
Q.5 Write short notes on the following: (20)
i) Force field analysis as an explanation of project environment.
ii) Concept of congruence and its application in project implementation.
iii) Three aspects of programme staff development
iv) Steps in preparing a Milestone.
ASSIGNMENT No. 3
(Units: 10-14)
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40
Note: All questions carry equal marks.
Q.1 What are different uses of formative and summative evaluation in a project? Give examples in support of your answer. (20)
Q.2 Discuss different methods used for formal evaluation of a project. Which one of these methods do you think is the best for evaluating education projects and why? (20)
Q.3 What do you mean by monitoring of a project? Explain the monitoring of:
i) Physical facilities and ii) Financial accounting of a project (20)
Q.4 Why do we go for sampling in an evaluation study? How would you decide about a sample size? Explain with the help of an example. (20)
Q.5 Write short notes on the following: (20)
i) Monitoring of infrastructure and delivery system
ii) Quasi-Experimentation: Non Equivalent Group Design
iii) Agro-tech. Scheme of Education
iv) Integrated Functional Educational Project.
ASSIGNMENT No. 4
(Units: 15-18)
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40
Note: All questions carry equal marks.
Q.1 Critically review the need, objectives and various components of personnel evaluation. Suggest measures to improve the prevailing procedure of personnel evaluation. (20)
Q.2 Identify and discuss the major functions and responsibilities of educational administrators at district level in new educational set up. (20)
Q.3 Describe various problems and functions which generally affect the implementation of educational plan in Pakistan. Suggest some administrative measures to avoid these problems. (20)
Q.4 Discuss the use of computer in different aspects of educational planning in Pakistan. (20)
Q.5 Discuss in detail the constituents elements of control with reference to educational management. Give appropriate examples in support of your answer. (20)