Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Eastern and Southern Africa Regional and Continental Perspectives Perspectives on Education in Africa Series

This book examines the critical aspect of quality assurance maintenance of competitive-standards in African higher education. It explores both the micro and macro-levels of continental African higher education regulatory authorities, and analyses different institutional, regional and national practices for moving towards continental quality assurance approaches.

Contributed to by scholars across Eastern and Southern Africa, the book considers conceptual, practical, epistemological and policy dimensions of quality and quality assurance, especially in relation to higher education in Africa. It therefore draws on research and local expertise to open up debate about how to assure and enhance the quality of higher education, providing a comprehensive review of eight countries and considers societal challenges. It aims to satisfy the need of more thoughtful and critical works on African education as produced by African educators.The uniqueness of this book lies in integrating both the theoretical and practical dimensions of quality to devise appropriate strategies for ensuring quality and standards in higher education in continental Africa and beyond.

This authoritative book advocates for a timely discussion around the prpvision of good quality higher education and research in African universities, and will be of great interest to academics, policy makers, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of higher education, comparative education and African studies.

1. Introduction: Quality education in Eastern and Southern Africa: Prospectives and retrospectives

Prof Dr Neema-Abooki

Part 1: Quality Assurance Discourses and Challenges in Higher Education

2. The genesis of quality assurance systems in higher education institutions in Uganda

Lessons for Africa

Proscovia Namubiru Ssentamu & Michael Mawa

3. The genesis of quality and its assurance in African higher education

Benedicto Malunga

4. Quality Assurance in open and distance education in Uganda: Practices and policies at Uganda Management Institute

Jessica Aguti, Lazarus Nabaho, & Wilberforce Turyasingura

5. Internal-Stakeholder-perception of the quality of teacher-educators at Makerere University

Abdu Kisige & Prof Neema-Abooki Peter

6. Marketisation of Higher Education and the quality assurance dilemma in Tanzania

Joel Jonathan Kayombo

7. Marketed ‘Quality’ of Higher Education: A Study of Universities’ Websites in South Africa

Anamika Srivastava

8. Academic quality in the public universities in Eastern and Southern Africa: A comparative study of Makerere University and University of Cape Town

Prof Neema-Abooki & Dr Olive Lunyolo

Part 2: Quality Higher Education and Development

9. Quality internship for pre-service teachers: A quest for subject-curricular pedagogic knowledge a mong education student-teachers at the University of Rwanda

Niyibizi, E., Sibomana, E., Manirakiza, V., Ndayambaje, I., Twahirwa, J.B. & Ntabajyana, S.

10. Achieving quality in higher education through curriculum responsiveness Responsive to what?

Kenneth Kamwi Matengu, Ngepathimo Kadhila, & Nangula Iipumbu

11. Quality education: Gazing back to indigenous apprenticeship programmes to achieve quality education for socio-economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kofi Poku Quan-Baffour

12. Determinants of quality doctoral research for sustainable futures in Africa

Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko & Oitshepile MmaB Modise

13. The challenge facing endogenous knowledge, education, and Research in Africa

Adebayo Tajudeen Sanni

14. Futures Thinking: An Agenda for the African Developmental University

Alfred Kitawi

Part 3: Quality Education for Social Justice and Societal Development

15. Towards character formation: The dilemma of behaviour modelling among university students in Sub-Saharan Africa

Florence M. Itegi

16. Inclusive education of visually impaired students in universities in Uganda

Wandera Roberts Otyola & Tumwebaze Callist

17. The language policy and inequalities in institutions of higher learning in South Africa

Deepak Kumar

18. Suggestions for improving the relevance of higher education to social change from the case of the Margaret Trowel School of Industrial and Fine Arts at Makerere University

Ritah Nabuyungo Edopu, Jude Ssempebwa, & John Baptist Mpoza

19. Administration-management distinction in higher education: A quality management perspective

Joseph Watuleke & Prof Neema-Abooki

20. Quality in Adult and Community Education and Training (ACET) in South[ern] Africa

Theoretical Foundations

S. Tawiah & KP Quan-Baffour

Part 4: Quality Assurance in Transnational and International Education

21. Empowering higher education institutions through strengthening internal quality assurance processes: A literature review

Nangula Iipumbu, Kenneth Kamwi Matengu, & Ngepathimo Kadhila

22. Quality assurance of higher education at the African union level: Drivers and approaches

Lazarus Nabaho & Jessica N Aguti

23. Continental approaches to promoting quality assurance in higher education in Africa: An historical reflection

Ngepathimo Kadhila, Nangula Iipumbu, & Kenneth Kamwi Matengu

24. An African developmental agenda for quality assurance in higher education

Alfred Kitawi & Beatrice Njeru

Peter Neema-Abooki is Professor of Higher Educational Management and Administration/ Business and Management. His academic credentials include: Doctor of Philosophy and Masters degrees both in Higher Education, Divinity, Theological and Pastoral Studies, Philosophy and Religious Studies, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE). He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa and has rendered service as External Quality Assurance Expert for Programme Review at the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) in Namibia.