How Students’ Quality Circles Are Evolving in the World?

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AbstractThe concepts of TQM and Quality Control Circles were developed in Japan and promoted to other parts of the world by Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE). Jagdish Gandhi, CMS, Lucknow, India, brought the concept and tools and techniques of QC Circle and applied among students at his school, and Students’ Quality Control Circle (SQCC) was born. World Council for Total Quality and Excellence in Education (WCTQEE) was formed with the participation international quality experts and educationists in 1999. The author developed Students’ Quality Circles (SQC) as an adapted version of QC Circle suitable for students. The purpose of applying QC Circle with students is just to develop personality which match with the need of the society. Students practices SQC with its own improvised principles, purpose, approach, tools, and techniques at educational institutions to develop their pro-social personality. A non-governmental organization named QUEST-Nepal is established in Nepal in 2006 to promote Students’ Quality Circles all around the nation. It organizes national and international conventions on Students’ Quality Circles (SQC) since 2005 on various parts of the country. Moreover, a two-dimensional conceptual model of total quality person index has also been developed to measure the effectiveness of SQC.KeywordsQuality control circlesStudents’ quality control circlesTotal quality person index