Program Outcomes Attainment System (POAS)

The higher education system must adopt outcome-based education (OBE), which mandates that the curriculum be created based on the targeted skills, knowledge, and characteristics of the students by the time they graduate. Since the PEO, PO, and CO must be evaluated and analysed as part of OBE measurement, a variety of tools, from simple spreadsheets to sophisticated computing application applications, have been developed to help educators efficiently manage and implement OBE into the curriculum. This article discusses the OBE Program Outcomes Attainment System (POAS) that focus on PO achievement analysis which academic advisors can employ to manage the advisees' academic affairs. POAS is a managing tools were loaded with the course-PO mapping, OBE ANAS scores, and course assessment list. The designed system provided outputs of PO attainment results for all user advisees as well as the mapping of PO for upcoming courses offered by the student's curriculum programmed in order to assist the academic advisor in managing and making plans to meet the desired indicator which is 65% of all PO assigned by the institution. The strategy significantly helps advisors keep track of their advisees' academic plans and build trusting relationships and interactions with them.