| Abstract: | Education is the best mechanism considered to be the key to give solution to personal, social and global
problems. This is, realized when there is quality education. Quality education is at the heart of any educational
system since it influences what students learn and what benefit they draw from their education for themselves as
well as the services they discharge to their country. Quality education has untold importance for a country like
Ethiopia to ensure sustainable development and to reduce poverty. It will help the country to achieve the
millennium development goals set by the international community. Accordingly, issues of quality education at
all levels need to be addressed for accelerated socio-economic development of Ethiopia. In light of this, the
main objective of this research was to delve in to institutional factors that are associated with the provision of
quality education in the University of Gondar. Questionnaires, interview, and focus group discussion were the
instruments used to collect the data in this study . A report from HERQA was also scrutinized. In total , 120
Students, 70 teachers and 4 officials in the University were participants of the study. Samples were selected
using stratified and purposive sampling method. This research was cross-sectional in terms of time, descriptive
in terms of design, and field research in terms of setting. Quantitative (such as percentage and regression
analysis) as well as qualitative (like thematic analysis) methods of analyses were employed to analyze the data.
The study found out that infrastructures (learning resources) (ß=.30, P< .005), and teaching- learning and
assessment methods (ß=.62, P< .005) in the University found to be the significant predictors for the provision
of quality education (the criterion variable). Consequently, infrastructures (learning resources) and teachinglearning
and assessment methods need to be ameliorated in the University so as to provide quality education;
thereby enabling the University to attain its vision and mission set out in the strategic plan document |
