STRENGTHENING THE INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISMS IN THE UNIVERSITY

This paper examined the various possible ways of strengthening the internal quality assurance of university. The scope includes the student admission policy, recruitment and selection of academic staff, curricular policy, that is academic programmes, supervision of instruction and teaching effectiveness, provision of quality learning environment and clear policy on measurement and evaluation of learning outcomes. The paper recognizes that for quality assurance universities should be allowed to determine and set their standards and criteria for students’ admission into their various academic programmes. It is a task that must be done because a system that does not assure quality of its products in this global era of market competitively will eventually come to atrophy.