QUALITY ASSURANCE: A VERITABLE TOOL FOR ENHANCING TERTIARY INSTITUTION DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Tertiary institutions are expected to carry out teaching and training of students for effective academic 
performance. To accomplish the goals of tertiary institutions, quality assurance is essential. The role of 
quality assurance is germane in any nation‘s education system development. The effectiveness of teaching 
and the growth of teachers, the academic policy environment, the development of students, the evaluation 
systems, and the institution's adaptability to change are significant variables in determining the quality of 
tertiary institutions. There are several ways to make sure that quality assurance is manifested in tertiary 
institutions which include assessment, audits, and accreditation. This research examines tertiary education 
system, quality assurance; purpose of quality assurance in tertiary institution development in Nigeria, state 
of quality assurance in Nigeria tertiary institutions, needs for quality assurance and its approach, the 
challenges and strategies to facilitate quality assurance in the tertiary institutions. It is therefore 
recommended, among other things, the government ought to enhance funding allocation to tertiary 
institutions, provision of adequate infrastructural development that suit with contemporary tools, the 
lecturer's welfare, and non-teaching employees should be appropriately cater for, as well as effective 
management of all the units within the institution for effective development of tertiary institutions in Nigeria.