Godwin Utuka

Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Comparative Analysis of Provisions and Practices in Ghana and New Zealand Godwin Utuka

The book examined policies and practices of quality assurance in higher education in Ghana and New Zealand in order to identify those practices in New Zealand which are potentially applicable to the Ghanaian Higher Education context or which, at least, may suggest a direction for the Ghanaian government to consider for development, critically examined quality assurance literature. Detailed evaluation of national tertiary education policies (policy objectives) of the two countries,formal discussion of the functions and mandates of the external quality assurance agencies for higher institutions,assessed the methodologies employed by the higher institutions and the external quality assurance agencies for the improvement of quality in higher education.