Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Eastern and Southern Africa

Peter Neema-Abooki is Professor of Higher Educational Management and Administration/ Business and Management. His academic credentials include: Doctor of Philosophy and Masters degrees both in Higher Education, Divinity, Theological and Pastoral Studies, Philosophy and Religious Studies, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE). He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa and has rendered service as External Quality Assurance Expert for Programme Review at the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) in Namibia.

• Introduction: Quality education in Eastern and Southern Africa: Prospectives and retrospectivesProf Dr Neema-Abooki Part 1: Quality Assurance Discourses and Challenges in Higher Education The genesis of quality assurance systems in higher education institutions in UgandaLessons for AfricaProscovia Namubiru Ssentamu & Michael Mawa The genesis of quality and its assurance in African higher education Benedicto Malunga Quality Assurance in open and distance education in Uganda: Practices and policies at Uganda Management InstituteJessica Aguti, Lazarus Nabaho, & Wilberforce Turyasingura Internal-Stakeholder-perception of the quality of teacher-educators at Makerere UniversityAbdu Kisige & Prof Neema-Abooki Peter Marketisation of Higher Education and the quality assurance dilemma in TanzaniaJoel Jonathan Kayombo Marketed ‘Quality’ of Higher Education: A Study of Universities’ Websites in South AfricaAnamika Srivastava Academic quality in the public universities in Eastern and Southern Africa: A comparative study of Makerere University and University of Cape TownProf Neema-Abooki & Dr Olive Lunyolo Part 2: Quality Higher Education and Development Quality internship for pre-service teachers: A quest for subject-curricular pedagogic knowledge a mong education student-teachers at the University of RwandaNiyibizi, E., Sibomana, E., Manirakiza, V., Ndayambaje, I., Twahirwa, J.B. & Ntabajyana, S. Achieving quality in higher education through curriculum responsiveness Responsive to what?Kenneth Kamwi Matengu, Ngepathimo Kadhila, & Nangula Iipumbu Quality education: Gazing back to indigenous apprenticeship programmes to achieve quality education for socio-economic development in Sub-Saharan AfricaKofi Poku Quan-Baffour Determinants of quality doctoral research for sustainable futures in Africa Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko & Oitshepile MmaB Modise The challenge facing endogenous knowledge, education, and Research in AfricaAdebayo Tajudeen Sanni Futures Thinking: An Agenda for the African Developmental UniversityAlfred KitawiPart 3: Quality Education for Social Justice and Societal Development Towards character formation: The dilemma of behaviour modelling among university students in Sub-Saharan AfricaFlorence M. Itegi Inclusive education of visually impaired students in universities in UgandaWandera Roberts Otyola & Tumwebaze Callist The language policy and inequalities in institutions of higher learning in South AfricaDeepak Kumar Suggestions for improving the relevance of higher education to social change from the case of the Margaret Trowel School of Industrial and Fine Arts at Makerere UniversityRitah Nabuyungo Edopu, Jude Ssempebwa, & John Baptist Mpoza Administration-management distinction in higher education: A quality management perspectiveJoseph Watuleke & Prof Neema-Abooki Quality in Adult and Community Education and Training (ACET) in South[ern] AfricaTheoretical FoundationsS. Tawiah & KP Quan-BaffourPart 4: Quality Assurance in Transnational and International Education Empowering higher education institutions through strengthening internal quality assurance processes: A literature reviewNangula Iipumbu, Kenneth Kamwi Matengu, & Ngepathimo Kadhila Quality assurance of higher education at the African union level: Drivers and approachesLazarus Nabaho & Jessica N Aguti Continental approaches to promoting quality assurance in higher education in Africa: An historical reflectionNgepathimo Kadhila, Nangula Iipumbu, & Kenneth Kamwi Matengu An African developmental agenda for quality assurance in higher educationAlfred Kitawi & Beatrice Njeru

"Using the classical definition of ‘quality’ as ‘fitness for purpose’ to assess the outcomes of Higher Education in 21st Century Africa throws up more questions than answers. On the backdrop of universal basic education and the subsequent massification of Higher Education on the African continent and worldwide, this seminal collection of scholarly reports on quality in African Higher Education is pivotal in the ongoing discourse on the role of Higher Education in societal transformation. The future of Higher Education on the African continent greatly hinges on the direction this debate takes and the consequent investment decisions Africa makes." Dr. Samuel N. Siminyu, Managing Editor, Makerere University Press"This book stresses the need to be more focused on the research which will assist educators to put more emphasis on giving knowledge which will develop Africa in accordance to her needs. Cognisant of the fact that we live in a global village, nonetheless, Africa must concentrate on developing her potential endowment in a manner that will make her grow to a level on which she can stand and play her role as an equal partner with other nations. Professor Peter Neema-Abooki has ably contributed to this research and has thoroughly pointed out that Quality Assurance in Higher Education must treat Africa in her natural setting (sitz im leben) while considering her diversities and her complexities. Though the book has turned a wide scope on Africa, it has not lost sight on International focus. The above approach makes this book a handy reference source for researchers in the academic world, and it is also very useful for planners and administrators especially for governments and religious institutions. The book is an ancillary and a vade mecum, not only for those involved in matters of Higher Education, but also useful to all those with a progressive and inquisitive mind. The thematic style of the Editor will make it easy to grasp the subject even for scholars who tend to be too busy. Professor Neema-Abooki has written this book with all the appetite drawn from the experience he earned from having been a Professor of Higher Educational Management and Administration, Human Resource Management in Education, Educational Policy and Planning, Educational Foundations and Curriculum Studies, Religious and Ethical Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Business and Management; imbued with his international exposure."The Very Rev Msgr. Thomas Kisembo Apuuli, Commissioner for Amnesty Commission - Uganda, Former Regent (7 years), Toro Kingdom; Former Vicar General, Fort Portal Diocese"This book has a great theme and it is an anthology of success."His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Dr. Wamala, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala Archdiocese, First Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana Diocese; Former Chaplain of Makerere University