KARACHI : The establishment of quality enhancement cells in the academic institutions came under discussion at an awareness session about quality enhancement held at Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) here on Wednesday.The discussion was conducted by Director Quality Assurance/External Linkages, Dow University of Health Sciences Dr. Abdul Wahid Usmani.The objective behind this session was to discuss the framework needed to establish and organise Quality Enhancement Cell in the academic institutions for assurance of quality and improved capacity building.Dr. Wahid Usmani gave an informative presentation and discussed the action plan of quality enhancement in detail which included recruitment and equipment, website development, awareness sessions and so on. While giving demonstration, he stressed on programme evaluation through self assessment and capacity building. Established in 1997, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) works to ensure that higher education qualifications are of a sound standard.PPI.