COMPARATIVE APPRAISAL OF THE INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES IN HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAMME OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION INTHE NORTH –WEST GEOPOLITICAL ZONE, NIGERIA.
COMPARATIVE APPRAISAL OF THE INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES IN HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAMME OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION INTHE NORTH –WEST GEOPOLITICAL ZONE, NIGERIA.
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2012-11
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KHALEEL, MARIAM ABDULKADIR
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This study appraised the Internal Quality Assurance Practices of Home Economics
Programme at Colleges of Education in the North-West Geo-political zone in Nigeria. In line
with this, seven specific objectives, seven research questions and seven null hypotheses were
raised for the study. Related literatures on quality assurance were reviewed. The study
adopted the descriptive survey research design for data collection. A total of nine Colleges
(five Federal and four State owned Colleges of Education) were involved in the study. The
total population for the study was 598 comprised of 97 academic staff and 501 students all
from Home Economics Departments. The 97 academic staffs were all used as the study
sample because the number was considered small; while a sample of 216 NCE three students
were drawn from the students’ population using proportional sampling technique. The
instruments for data collection were two sets of questionnaire (one for staff and the other for
students) and a guide for document analysis. Data collected were analysed using descriptive
statistics of frequency, mean, standard deviation and standard error. The independent t-test
statistics was used to test the seven null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Six out of the
seven null hypotheses set for the study were retained, while one was rejected. Findings
revealed among others that there was no significant difference between Federal and State
Colleges of Education in the quality status of Home Economics Programme. The study also
revealed that, there was no significant difference between Federal and State Colleges of
Education in students’ satisfaction with Home Economics Programme and that, there was no
significant difference between Federal and State Colleges of Education in the implementation
of internal quality assurance practices of Home Economics Programme. The study concluded
that there were internal quality assurance practices embedded into the Home Economics
Programme, but their implementation were a little weak and the results of internal quality
assurance practices were not adequately used to foster programme improvement. The study
amongst others recommended the establishment of Departmental Quality Assurance
Committee (DQAC) and a module was developed to guide enhanced implementation of
internal quality assurance practices of Home Economics programme at Colleges of
Education.
Description
A Dissertation Submitted To The Department of Vocational and Technical
Education, Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Doctorate
Degree in Home Economics.
Keywords
COMPARATIVE,, APPRAISAL,, THE INTERNAL QUALITY,, ASSURANCE,, PRACTICES,, IN HOME ECONOMICS,, PROGRAMME,, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION., IN THE NORTH-WEST,, GEO-POLITICAL,, ZONE, NIGERIA.