Mengistu, Abreham (2007) An Assessment of the Implementation of Herqa's Program in Private Colleges. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
The primary concern of this study was to assess the implementation of HERQA 'S program in Ethiopia private colleges. The study was aimed at discovering the status of the implementation session of the agency, as it is the sole agency which was established by proclamation 2003 by the Ministry Of Education and suggesting solutions for the problems encountered HERQA (Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency) for the fast implementation process. To this end, descriptive survey method was employed. The study was conducted in four colleges and, purposive sampling was employed. The subjects of the study were 131 respondents (J 4 department heads, 11 a Instructors, 7 college quality assurance department officials). Information was solicited from the subjects mainly through a survey questionnaire and interview was conducted in colleges' quality assurance department officials and HERQA officials. And percentage was used to analyze the data. The finding revealed that the implementation of HERQA ever since 2003 is in an increasing manner yet the change is slow for various reasons. Some of the reasons that the finding revealed are lack of subject experts, facilities, vehicles and not readiness. of private colleges as the concept is new for the nation. So the progress is weak On the other hand regarding benchmarks established and distributed were found very valuable. As majority of the respondents said it would give the opportunity to offer the same standard and quality education. Moreover, majority of the respondents were not sure about the fairness or unfairness of the agency. On the other hand lack of training and poor skill of the college quality assurance department offiCials contributed for the slow implementation of HERQA 'S programs and policies. To alleviate the problems some suggestions were recommended, the agency should widen it's horizon to look for experts from the domestic or from foreign markets or else the agency should train individuals from private-c(}lleges and let them'to work on part time basis for the agency. Or it is better to request help from the external sources from whom who have a developed experience on quality assurance in higher education institutions. On the other hand in order to alleviate the hurdles on the fast implementation of HERQA'S program and policies., problems, it is better to strengthen and develop training, seminars and workshops with college quality assurance department officials and the task force under them .
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Kabiru Wallace Ndung'u |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2019 13:07 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2019 13:07 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9567 |
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