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Title: | ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTER-UNIVERSITY COUNCIL FOR EAST AFRICA QUALITY ASSURANCE GUIDELINES IN FACULTIES OF EDUCATION OF CHARTERED UNIVERSITIES IN TANZANIA |
Authors: | LYAMTANE, EUGENE COSMAS |
Keywords: | INTER-UNIVERSITY COUNCIL EAST AFRICA QUALITY ASSURANCE EDUCATION CHARTERED UNIVERSITIES TANZANIA |
Issue Date: | 9-Feb-2015 |
Abstract: | The study examined the implementation of the Inter-University Council for East Africa
quality assurance guidelines in the Faculties of Education of Chartered Universities in
Tanzania. The reviewed literature indicated that there were some researches done on the
quality assurance in higher education but there was no research on the implementation of
IUCEA quality assurance guidelines in Faculties of Education. The study focused on five
guidelines: teaching and learning process and assessment of student achievement, academic
staff, students’ advice and support services, teaching and learning infrastructures and
monitoring system. The study also looked at the challenges faced by Faculties of education in
the implementation process and their solutions. Survey and case study designs were
employed. The study targeted all third year students, Deans, Heads of Departments and
lecturers in the Faculties of Education of Chartered Universities in Tanzania. Random and
non-random sampling procedures were used to obtain the actual population involved in the
study. The sample was chosen from 5 faculties of education. The deans were purposively
chosen while the other participants were chosen using stratified and simple random sampling
procedures. The sample comprised of 5 Deans, 9 Heads of Departments, 40 lecturers and 200
students. Four instruments were used in data collection: questionnaires, in-depth interview
guide, observation guide and document analysis guide. Quantitative data was analysed using
descriptive statistics whereby frequencies and percentages were calculated. The qualitative
data was summarised, coded and analysed in accordance with the research questions. The
findings of the study revealed that there was no clear policy governing the number and type
of continuous tasks given to students for their course work; majority of the lecturers are
junior fellows, most of them with no long experience of teaching in university level; two
kinds of student advice and support services were fully given to students that is consultation
services and orientation services for new students while moral and spiritual services and
guidance and counselling services are given partially. There were no structures to facilitate
the process of gathering information from stakeholders on the quality of the products and
services. It can be concluded that Faculties of education of chartered universities in Tanzania
have adopted the IUCEA quality assurance guidelines and the implementation is in different
stages. The quality of teaching staff, infrastructures, monitoring and students advice and
support services have been taken care of only to some extent as they are still some
inadequacies. The quality of the student assessment and teaching and learning process have to
great extent taken care of. From the findings of the study, the researcher recommends that:
there should be clear policy governing the student advice and support services in the faculties
of education; some money should be set aside for scholarship of needy students; structural
systems should be established to enable the faculties of education get reliable information on
the quality of their products and services and a policy should be in place to govern the type
and number continuous assessment tasks. |
Description: | I the undersigned declare that this Dissertation is my original work and has not been
submitted to any other university for academic credit. All the information cited within the
text have been acknowledged. |
URI: | http://localhost/xmlui/handle/1/78 |
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