Quality Assurance Procedures In Public And Private Universities In Tanzania

Author : Prospery Mwila
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346686833
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quality Assurance Procedures in Public and Private Universities in Tanzania written by Prospery Mwila and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2022-08-03 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wissenschaftliche Studie aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Allgemeine Didaktik, Erziehungsziele, Methoden, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This paper explores literature on quality assurance procedures in universities in the Gobal South with particular reference to public and private universities in Tanzania. The perception of quality in university education is first analysed alongside the divert views of quality assurance mechanism, and with the scaling up of the approaches to quality assurance. It is undisputable that by and large, the general citizenry and governments of the Sub-Sahara Africa is of late pretty much come to align higher education to economic assurance than ever before. This has witnessed a considerable increase in the number of institutions of higher learning established and a number of students enrolling into these institutions. It can be deduced that such an increase challenges the quality assurance in its provision. It is therefore imperative for African states to put a great deal of emphasis on quality assurance procedures as they discharge the provision of university education.

Author : Peter Nicolas Materu
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821372734
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Peter Nicolas Materu and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance in Sub - Sahara Africa, focusing on degree - granting tertiary institutions. A main finding is that structured national - level quality assurance processes in African higher education are a very recent phenomenon and that most countries face major capacity constrains. Only about a third of them have established structured national quality assurance mechanism, often only as recently as during the last ten years. Activities differ in their scope and rigor, ranging from simple licensing of institutions by the minister responsible for higher education, to comprehensive system - wide program accreditation and ranking of institutions. Within institutions of higher learning, self assessment and academic audits are gradually being adopted to supplement traditional quality assurance methods. However, knowledge about and experience with self - assessments are limited. The main challenges to quality assurance system in Africa are cost and human capacity requirements. For countries with large tertiary systems, the report recommends institutional, rather than program accreditation as a cost - effective option. However, where tertiary systems are small and underdeveloped, a less formal self - assessment for each institution may be necessary until the capacity could be strengthened to support a more formal nation quality assurance agency in the long run.

Author : Stamelos Georgios
Publisher : Studera Press
ISBN 13 : 9385883275
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quality Assurance in Higher Education written by Stamelos Georgios and published by Studera Press. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The significant growth of number of students enrolled in tertiary education institutions in the recent past decades has caused an unprecedented expansion of higher education systems. The rapid and constant social, economic and technological mutations and international competition make the importance of qualitatively well-educated citizenry and labor forces very decisive. Globalization has developed a powerful impact on the development of higher education and imposes new challenges for the organization (standards, financing, regulations). Systems of higher education tend to detach from the national models and adopt a more "global" orientation. The implementation of quality assurance is one of the recent and most decisive transformations of higher education. Different higher education systems are trying to develop assessment tools (internal and external) to improve the quality of teaching, research and extension activities, and these are either based on experiences of selected countries or are extensively country specific. The quality assurance procedures that were often dependent on national directorial traditions have gradually tended to converge and led to a setup of common tools and standards. Countries under a centralized system tend to impose a uniform and general model while decentralized systems give greater freedom to universities to set up their own quality. International rankings of universities also contribute to impose a set of transnational standards and values, which is also being considered as indicative by the stakeholders. The present book tries to look at the quality assurance mechanism, international rankings and its impact in both absolute and comparative fashion in context of 11 countries from different parts of the world.

Author : Peter Neema-Abooki
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100063700X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quality Assessment and Enhancement in Higher Education in Africa written by Peter Neema-Abooki and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores quality assessment and enhancement in higher education in Africa to illustrate the need to develop quality practices in measuring effective education and continually search for permanent improvement. The book demonstrates that technological and socio-economic trends, innovations, and inventions of the twenty-first century demand that additional attention be placed upon education for national, regional, and international development. Since conventions for quality assessment and enhancement need to be defined and systematic structures constructed to develop quality practices, the book shows how quality in higher education within Africa has been established and advanced to provide a framework for monitoring, auditing, and reviewing assessment and enhancement. Though the book considers African complexities and diversity, it incorporates global trends and utilises an international focus that enables readers to devise appropriate strategies for developing and enhancing quality and standards in higher education in both continental Africa and beyond. Illustrating why quality assessment and enhancement should be embraced in all aspects including inputs, processes, outputs and outcomes in educational settings globally, this book will be of interest to policymakers and scholars in the fields of Higher Education, Quality and Global Studies, African Education, African Studies and Management and Administration, Leadership and Professional Development Studies.

Author : Svava Bjarnason
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821377796
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolving Regulatory Context for Private Education in Emerging Economies written by Svava Bjarnason and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-12-17 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments around the world, and particularly those in developing countries, face significant educational challenges. Despite progress in raising education enrollments at the basic education level, much remains to be done. Today, about 77 million children in developing countries are not in school, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Higher education participation rates remain low in many developing countries, and public higher education institutions (HEIs) struggle to absorb growing numbers of secondary school graduates. Public universities face ongoing challenges, including a lack of teaching and research resources, and the loss of qualified staff to developed countries. The inability of public sector educational institutions, particularly in developing countries, to absorb growing numbers of students at all levels of education has seen the emergence of private schools and HEIs. This paper briefly examines the international experience concerning the regulation of private education at the school and higher education level. It begins with an overview of the private school and higher education sectors and a short discussion of the potential benefits of increased private participation in education. The remainder of the paper focuses on the following questions and sets out propositions for governments to consider.

Author : Malizani Jimu
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956553034
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside the Higher Education Space written by Malizani Jimu and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is empirically grounded on Ignasio Malizani Jimu's firsthand experience of governance and quality control in Malawi higher education. Informed by the liberalisation of higher education and the quality turn in Africa, this book reflects on higher education policy, how higher education institutions manage their core business processes, the dynamic character of their stakeholdership and governance and management arrangements that are involved. Its primary purpose is to contribute to the discourse on increasing access to, regulation of and more importantly the pursuit of quality culture in higher education. Key questions, insights and directions have been packaged in eight chapters, some of which are: the purpose and inclusion in higher education, stakeholdership, context and quality culture in private higher education institutions, peer reviews as quality control mechanism, quality rating of institutions and setting and operating quality assurance units. It is intended for higher education managers, policy makers and students of higher education management.

Author : Anne Goujon
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443862762
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Higher Education in Africa written by Anne Goujon and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea that developing all sectors of the educational palette is influential for socio-economic development was adopted later in Sub-Saharan Africa than in other world regions. Most efforts went primarily into developing the first stages of education, and rightly so, for many children could not access education at all. Today, all African governments recognize the importance of higher education and increasingly invest in it. They are facing two major, interlinked challenges: rapid population growth and decline in the quality of education. Indeed, despite fertility decline, the region has been confronted with substantial population growth, which will continue for many decades; as such, there is a necessity to increase investment in education. This, in a situation of limited resources, has been at the expense of the quality and the burgeoning of private institutions of higher education. The contributions here discuss the development, quality, and outcomes of higher education in Africa, with a specific focus on relations between Africa and Europe. Issues related to the mobility of African students and scholars are discussed in several national and international case studies.

Author : Jane Knight
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9463009566
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regionalization of African Higher Education written by Jane Knight and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growth in the scope, scale and importance of higher education regionalization should not be underestimated or ignored. Africa – like Asia, Europe and Latin America – is promoting deeper cooperation among higher education bodies and institutions across the continent and focusing more attention on Pan-African and sub-regional harmonization of policies and programmes. This is the first book which brings together diverse scholars and policy experts to examine key aspects and challenges of African higher education regionalization. Chapters examine the progress and prospects of core regionalization issues and strategies such as academic mobility, quality assurance, recognition of qualifications, research centres and networks, curriculum and competencies, and regional academic programmes. Other chapters discuss important themes such as the relationship between regionalization, internationalization and Africanization; historical antecedents and perspectives; an analytical model to understand functional, organizational and political approaches to Africa’s higher education regionalization; and the influence of the Bologna process on the African Union’s Strategy for the Harmonization of Higher Education Programmes. Together these chapters provide a comprehensive overview of efforts by the African Union; sub-regional higher education associations such as IUCEA, SARUA and CAMES; Pan-African organizations and actors; key research networks and centres of excellence; and the involvement – or dependence – on external actors and funders, especially from Europe. Fundamentally, the book asks the question whether higher education regionalization in Africa is more rhetoric than reality. It discusses the progress to date on specific themes; identifies historical, political, sustainability and funding challenges; and concludes that while the impacts of regionalization efforts have not been fully realized there is cautious optimism for the future.

Author : Kingstone Ngwira
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1504972139
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quality Assurance for Higher Education Institutions in Malawi written by Kingstone Ngwira and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about quality assurance for higher education institutions in Malawi and is a must read book for quality assurance professionals and experts, higher education institution managers and leaders, quality assurance review team for national council for higher education, and nonquality assurance professionals who want to better understand the quality assurance in higher education institutions. The author is convinced that the aforementioned targets will have much to gain through this unique book, which is being brought out as a tool kit on quality assurance in higher education. The book was developed from a conviction that quality assurance in higher education institutions is the bedrock, heart, and soul of higher education provision and is designed to promote a culture of quality in higher education institutions. In developing this book, a number of literature sources were consulted from other higher education institutions in Africa and in the European higher education area in general and the Malawis National Council for Higher Education (NCHE)s Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Malawis higher education institutions in particular.

Author : Bjorn Stensaker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136932364
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accountability in Higher Education written by Bjorn Stensaker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest volume in the Routledge International Studies in Higher Education series, Accountability in Higher Education takes an in-depth look at accountability initiatives around the world. Various evaluations, reporting schemes, and indicator systems have been initiated both to inform the public about higher education performance and to help transform universities and colleges and improve their functioning. This edited collection provides a comparative analysis of the promises, perils and paradoxes of accountability, and the potential effect on power structures and higher education autonomy, trust and the legitimacy of the sector. Part I describes how accountability is perceived and understood in different regions of the world, identifies some of the most common elements in established accountability initiatives, especially related to quality assurance, and provides direction for possible future development. Part II focuses on responses to new demands for accountability at institutional, national and international levels, and provides practical guidance for handling accountability going forward, emphasizing the dynamic relationship between international development, government strategies and organizational change. This volume is a must-have resource for HE managers, administrators, policy makers, researchers, HE graduate students and those interested or involved with HE accountability practices.