Quality Assurance Measures and Students’ Academic Performance in Public Colleges of Education in Southwest, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the influence of quality assurance measures on students’ academic performance in public Colleges of Education in Southwest, Nigeria. The population of the study consisted of 3 federal and 3 state including heads of quality assurance departments in the public Colleges of Education Southwest. The research adopted the survey research design and used purposive sampling technique for selecting a sample of four Public Colleges of Education from a population of six Public Colleges of Education in Southwest. Three hypotheses were formulated for the study. Two instruments tagged “Quality Assurance Measures Questionnaire” (QAMQ) and “Final Year Students’ Academic Performance Data Collection” (FYAPDC) were designed for the study. Data collected were analyzed using inferential statistics such as Pearson Product Moment Correlation and regression analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The finding showed a significant relationship between quality assurance measures and students’ academic performance. There was significant composite influence of quality assurance measures on students’ academic performance. The study also found that among the quality assurance measures, staff motivation contributed most to students’ academic performance in Public Colleges of Education in the Southwest, Nigeria. The nexus between quality assurance measures and students’ academic performance would be more pronounced if the management, staff and students of the institutions will perform and discharge their duties ethically and work towards realizing the mission and vision for the establishment of Colleges of Education. It was therefore recommended that management should constantly supervise staff and discipline any erring staff and students that work contrary to the vision, mission and ethics of the institution in the discharge of their duties.