LEADER 03444oam 22007575 450 001 9910822539403321 005 20230216100516.0 010 $a1-281-00100-7 010 $a9786611001001 010 $a0-8213-7273-4 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-7272-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000478903 035 $a(EBL)459587 035 $a(OCoLC)174964897 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000087325 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12007145 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087325 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10054721 035 $a(PQKB)10639423 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459587 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459587 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10369861 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL100100 035 $a(OCoLC)935270942 035 $a(The World Bank)144772669 035 $a(The World Bank)ocn144772669 035 $a(US-djbf)14892833 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000478903 100 $a20070615d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHigher education quality assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : $estatus, challenges, opportunities and promising practices /$fPeter Materu 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$dc2007. 215 $axxi, 80 pages ;$d26 cm 225 0 $aWorld Bank working paper ;$vno. 124 225 1 $aAfrica human development series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-7272-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 79-80). 327 $aContents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. The Case for Quality Higher Education; LIST OF BOX; 3. The State of Quality Assurance in Africa; LIST OF TABLE; 4. Cost Implications and Financing; 5. Challenges and Opportunities; 6. Innovations and Promising Practices; 7. Options for Capacity Enhancement; Appendix: Summary Status of HE Quality Assurance Implementation in Africa; References 330 $aThis report assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance in Sub - Sahara Africa, focusing on degree - granting tertiary institutions. A main finding is that structured national - level quality assurance processes in African higher education are a very recent phenomenon and that most countries face major capacity constrains. Only about a third of them have established structured national quality assurance mechanism, often only as recently as during the last ten years. Activities differ in their scope and rigor, ranging from simple licensing of institutions by the minis 410 0$aAfrica Region human development series 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aEducation, Higher$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aTotal quality management in higher education$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aQuality assurance$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 615 0$aEducation, Higher 615 0$aTotal quality management in higher education 615 0$aQuality assurance 676 $a378.68 700 $aMateru$b Peter$g(Peter Nicolas).$01155654 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bYDX 801 2$bBAKER 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bBTCTA 801 2$bMUQ 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822539403321 996 $aHigher education quality assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa$94051985 997 $aUNINA