#2 Activity 2: PEO & PO Mapping

 Activity 2: PEO & PO Mapping, including participant instructions, facilitator guidance, and sample content.

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🎯 Activity Objective

To enable participants to:

• Write two Program Educational Objectives (PEOs).

• Identify three Program Outcomes (POs) that logically support each PEO.

• Understand how PEOs and POs are aligned in Outcome-Based Education (OBE).

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🧑‍🏫 Facilitator Guidance

📝 Definitions Refresher (Before Activity)

PEO (Program Educational Objectives):
Broad statements that describe what graduates are expected to achieve within a few years after graduation.
🔹 Example focus: Career, higher education, societal contribution, entrepreneurship.

PO (Program Outcomes):
What students are expected to know and be able to do at the time of graduation (graduate attributes).
🔹 These include domain knowledge, problem-solving, ethics, communication, etc.

✅ Emphasize:

• PEOs = long-term, indirect outcomes

• POs = short-term, direct learning outcomes

• POs contribute to achieving PEOs

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🛠️ Activity Instructions for Participants

🔹 Step 1: Draft 2 PEOs

Based on the sample department profile (or their own department), participants write 2 PEOs that describe expected achievements of graduates 3–5 years after graduation.

✅ Tips for PEOs:

• Be broad but measurable

• Avoid listing specific course-level skills

• Include career, education, and social goals

🔹 Step 2: Identify Supporting POs

For each PEO, identify 3 specific POs that directly support or lead to its attainment.

✅ Use standard PO list (e.g., NBA 12 Graduate Attributes):

1. Engineering Knowledge

2. Problem Analysis

3. Design/Development of Solutions

4. Conduct Investigations

5. Modern Tool Usage

6. Engineer & Society

7. Environment & Sustainability

8. Ethics

9. Individual and Team Work

10. Communication

11. Project Management & Finance

12. Lifelong Learning

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📄 Participant Worksheet Template (Editable in Excel or Paper)

PEO No.	PEO Statement	Supporting POs (with numbers)
PEO1	Graduates will pursue successful careers in IT or related fields	PO1, PO2, PO10
PEO2	Graduates will engage in lifelong learning and innovation	PO5, PO12, PO3

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💬 Facilitator Discussion Points

Once participants complete mapping:

• Ask groups to explain the rationale behind each mapping.

• Discuss:

  • Are the selected POs logical contributors to the PEO?

  • Are POs diverse and covering cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains?

  • Is there a balance between technical and soft skills?

✅ Trainer tip: Reinforce that PEOs should not be achievable unless the supporting POs are successfully delivered and assessed.

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✅ Sample PEO-PO Mapping

PEO	Statement	Supporting POs
1	Graduates will succeed in professional careers in computing fields.	PO1 (Knowledge), PO2, PO10
2	Graduates will adapt to lifelong learning and contribute to society.	PO6, PO12, PO8

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