| Abstract: | This paper presents a comparative analysis on the practice of HEIs in assessing the
quality of education. Despite the relentless effort made to include several more
institutions, the study was finally confined to only two institutions: Kotebe College of
Teacher Education (KCTE) and St. Mary’s University College (SMUC) due to some
factors. Therefore, the study draws conclusions on and makes recommendations to only
these two institutions. Included in the data gathering process were department heads of
the two institutions, the Dean of Kotebe College of Teacher Education and the President
of St. Mary’s University College.
A set of questionnaires, which had different contents according to the specified
objectives, was distributed to 6 department heads in each institution. To gather detailed
information about the activities being carried out by these institutions to assess the
quality of education, thus managing to maintain its quality, an interview was held with
the Dean and the President of KCTE and SMUC, respectively. In addition, the study was
backed up by evaluation of documents. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data
indicate that SMUC’s institutional assessment practice is far better than that of KCTE.
Yet, both are expected to improve their practice in some respect.
The findings of the study are expected to provide a better understanding of the practice of
the institutions in terms of carrying out institutional quality assessment, thus benefiting
students, instructors, department Heads, Deans, and Presidents of HEIs, the Higher
Education Relevance and Quality Assurance Agency (HERQAA), potential employers
and the community at large. |
