Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Promising Practices

Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Promising Practices

This report maps and assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance (QA) in Sub-Saharan Africa. It centers on quality assurance in degree-granting tertiary institutions, but also incorporates, where available, information on...

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Main Author: Materu, Peter
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
CAPACITY NEEDS
DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION POLICYMAKERS
HIGHER EDUCATION
QUALITY ASSURANCE
TERTIARY EDUCATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8340167/higher-education-quality-assurance-sub-saharan-africa-status-challenges-opportunities-promising-practices
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spelling okr-10986-67572021-04-23T14:02:26Z Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Promising Practices Materu, Peter CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CAPACITY NEEDS DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION POLICYMAKERS HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE TERTIARY EDUCATION This report maps and assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance (QA) in Sub-Saharan Africa. It centers on quality assurance in degree-granting tertiary institutions, but also incorporates, where available, information on other types of tertiary education. 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 constraints. The research for this report was conducted between November 2005 and December 2006 through document and web reviews, interviews and six detailed country case studies covering Cameroon, Ghana, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania. This study has two main purposes, one being to establish a baseline on the status of quality assurance in higher education in Africa. A second is to provide information to education policymakers, stakeholders (including employers) and development partners involved in tertiary education in Africa that may assist them with identification and prioritization of capacity enhancement needs for quality improvement. 2012-05-31T16:27:16Z 2012-05-31T16:27:16Z 2007 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8340167/higher-education-quality-assurance-sub-saharan-africa-status-challenges-opportunities-promising-practices 978-0-8213-7272-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6757 English en_US World Bank Working Paper No. 124; Africa Human Development Series CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa
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topic CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
CAPACITY NEEDS
DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION POLICYMAKERS
HIGHER EDUCATION
QUALITY ASSURANCE
TERTIARY EDUCATION
spellingShingle CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
CAPACITY NEEDS
DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION POLICYMAKERS
HIGHER EDUCATION
QUALITY ASSURANCE
TERTIARY EDUCATION
Materu, Peter
Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Promising Practices
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description This report maps and assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance (QA) in Sub-Saharan Africa. It centers on quality assurance in degree-granting tertiary institutions, but also incorporates, where available, information on other types of tertiary education. 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 constraints. The research for this report was conducted between November 2005 and December 2006 through document and web reviews, interviews and six detailed country case studies covering Cameroon, Ghana, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania. This study has two main purposes, one being to establish a baseline on the status of quality assurance in higher education in Africa. A second is to provide information to education policymakers, stakeholders (including employers) and development partners involved in tertiary education in Africa that may assist them with identification and prioritization of capacity enhancement needs for quality improvement.
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title Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Promising Practices
title_short Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Promising Practices
title_full Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Promising Practices
title_fullStr Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Promising Practices
title_full_unstemmed Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Promising Practices
title_sort higher education quality assurance in sub-saharan africa : status, challenges, opportunities, and promising practices
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