Factors Influencing the Use of Internal Measures for Quality Assurance in Public Universities in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper x-rayed the factors influencing the use of internal measures for quality assurance in public universities in Nigeria. Quality assurance is a major discourse in all most the whole education system all over the world. So many measures have been put in place by many countries of the world including Nigeria in order to ensure quality in their university education system. The government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in order to ensure quality university education introduced the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standard (BMAS) and accreditation through its agency, National Universities Commission (NUC). However, despite the efforts by the Nigerian government through its educational agencies to ensure quality education most especially in the university system, there is still persistent decline in the quality of university education.

Thus the need for various university managements to augment the efforts of the government towards ensuring qualitative university education by using various internal measures such as students’ evaluation of teaching effectiveness, effective guidance and counseling services among others. This paper therefore reviewed among others the internal measures used by universities to ensure quality education and the factors influencing its use for quality assurance in public universities in Nigeria. It was recommended among others that university management in Nigeria should ensure appropriate follow-up of internally organized quality programmes.