EdPEx

On August 26, 2022, Khon Kaen University, represented by the Faculty of Business Administration and Accountancy, organized the “KKBS Success Celebrations on the Journey of Performance Excellence…Congratulating KKBS’s Success on the Path to Excellence” activity to summarize the results of operations according to the action plan during the fiscal years 2020-2022 and to congratulate the Faculty of Business Administration and Accountancy, Faculty of Business Administration and Accountancy, Khon Kaen University, on passing the EdPEx assessment at a level of 300 points, Batch 5 (1st time), 2022, the project to apply educational quality criteria for excellent operations to internal educational quality assurance from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, which is the first faculty in the group of faculties of humanities and social sciences in Thailand to pass such educational quality criteria. The event was honored by Associate Professor Dr. Pensri Charoenwanich, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration and Accountancy, who gave a report to Associate Professor Dr. Chanchai Panthongviriyakul, President of Khon Kaen University, who presided over the opening ceremony. Followed by an academic seminar on the topic “EdPEx300 is not too far to reach and moving forward to EdPEx400”, joined by

The Office of the Permanent Secretary for Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (O.M.S.R.) has announced that the Faculty of Business Administration and Accountancy, Khon Kaen University, has passed the evaluation of 300 points for the project to apply the quality criteria for excellent performance in internal education quality assurance, batch 5, 2022, by the Subcommittee on Educational Quality Development and Enhancement to Excellence meeting No. 5/2022. It is the first faculty in the group of faculties of humanities and social sciences, business administration major in Thailand to pass the said quality criteria. Associate Professor Dr. Pensri Charoenwanich said that EdPEx stands for “Education Criteria for Performance Excellence” or “Education Quality Criteria for Excellent Performance”. It is a framework for developing management quality in line with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award: MBNQA criteria, which is the prototype of the Thailand Quality Award (TQA). The EdPEx criteria are a framework that allows us to view, think, and manage an organization in a systematic way (viewing all systems as interconnected) and helps to create rapid and sustainable development. From the main focus and the firm determination of the Faculty to create and develop new-generation business administrators, accountants, and entrepreneurs with quality for the labor market at all levels, including producing research works and academic services that are valuable and beneficial to society, “The Faculty of Business Administration and Accountancy has continuously assessed the quality of education both internally at the curriculum level and faculty level. There is training to provide knowledge on education quality assurance for personnel and lecturers.

On May 2, 2022, the Faculty of Business Administration and Accountancy, Khon Kaen University, led by Associate Professor Dr. Pensri Charoenwanich, Dean, along with executives, lecturers, staff, and students, welcomed the inspection committee of the project to apply educational quality criteria for internal educational quality assurance (EdPEx300) via the online system. The committee consists of 1.) Assistant Professor Nopadol Thongnopnuea, Chairman of the Committee 2.) Assistant Professor Somyot Wattanakamolchai, Committee Member 3.) Ms. Sunantha Kachesanan, Committee Member. This assessment was held to allow the Faculty to present overall information and performance results to the Committee. It is also a good opportunity for executives and those involved in educational quality assurance to hear a summary of the Faculty's overall performance. In addition, the assessment committee will receive information from executives and staff at all levels to be useful for assessing the Faculty's management quality in the future. Woranyu Donnuea: Photo/News Banphot Philaphan: Photo