QUALITY ASSURANCE IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Quality assurance is recognized as essential to knowledge and active participation in knowledge within the societies, is essential to economic growth, and higher education institutions such as universities are the likely engines for the growth. This recognition has sparked renewed interest in, and concern about quality, quality improvement, and quality assessment in Nigerian universities today. This paper examined the concept of quality and quality assurance, issues identifying with quality assurance in Nigeria Universities were discussed. Challenges militating against quality assurance were highlighted. Such as under-funding, enrollment explosion, inadequate physical facilities and poor management. To assure quality in Nigerian universities, it was recommended among others that good planning and management are essential ingredients in the establishment of quality in an educational establishment