Appraisal of Quality Assurance Practices as Determinants of Institutional Performance among Colleges of Education in Cross River State, Nigeria

The study appraised quality assurance practices as determinants of lecturers’ role performance in Colleges of Education in Cross River State, Nigeria. Four research questions were posed and converted to null hypotheses that guided the study. The research design adopted for the study was a correlational research design. The population comprise 485 lecturers from which a representative sample of 242 was proportionately drawn from college of education (COE) Akamkpa and federal college of education (FCE), Obudu. Researcher developed questionnaires titled “Quality Assurance Practices Questionnaire (QAPQ)†and Lecturers’ Role Performance Questionnaire (LRPQ)’ were used for data collection. Data collected were pilot tested using Cronbach’s reliability and the coefficients obtained range from .75, 82, .85, and .89. The hypotheses were tested with simple and multiple regression analysis and the findings showed thus: staff training, adherence to students’ admission policy and provision of teaching-learning facilities significantly predict lecturers’ role performance individually and there is a significant collective prediction of lecturers’ role performance on staff training, students’ admission policy and provision of teaching-learning facilities. The study recommends that regular training such as workshop, seminar and conferences should be organized for lecturers. Also, that provision should be made for availability of teaching-learning facilities and lastly, colleges should adhere to students’ admission policy.