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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author TAMRAT, Wondwosen
Title Evaluating the evaluator : private providers’ views of a quality assurance agency / Wondwosen Tamrat
Publication year 2019
Source/Footnote In: Quality in higher education. - 25 (2019) 2, S. 191 - 207
Inventory number 48637
Keywords Ausland : Ąthiopien : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Evaluation ; Qualitätssicherung
Abstract The Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA) was established in Ethiopia to spearhead efforts in the assurance of quality at a national level. This study examined the views of private providers about the operational features and practices of HERQA. Findings revealed that despite its significant contributions in formalising and popularising a nationally designed quality assurance régime, private providers consider HERQA to be deficient as regards its capacity, resources, autonomy, communication, double standard practices and internal and external evaluation systems. Based on the findings, it is suggested that HERQA needs to mitigate its structural and operational deficiencies and boost its capacities if it seeks to respond favourably to the mounting challenges of the fledgling and fast-growing higher education system in Ethiopia. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)