Strengthening internal quality assurance as a lever for enhancing student learning experiences and academic success: Lessons from Namibia

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dc.contributor.authorKadhila, Ngepathimo
dc.contributor.authorIipumbu, Nangula
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-06T10:06:29Z
dc.date.available2023-09-06T10:06:29Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionDrawing on a critical literature review, this article argues that to ensure sustainable quality assurance systems in Namibia, there is a need to strengthen internal quality assurance systems within higher education institutions that have a direct impact on enhancing student learning experiences and academic success rather than focusing on external quality assurance systems that promote managerialisation and bureaucratisation of academia at the expense of academic freedom and institutional autonomy.en_US
dc.description.abstractHigher education plays an important role in the social, eco-nomic and political development of any given nation. In the Namibian context, quality assurance systems have been put in place at both national and institutional levels through the establishment of national quality assurance agencies and units responsible for quality in institutions. A critical literature analysis of quality assurance systems in higher education shows that although they claim to strike a balance between improvement and accountability, external quality assurance mechanisms tend to have an accountability and compliance focus and to promote managerialisation and bureaucratisation of academia. This article argues that internal quality assurance systems, built on a strong quality culture, tend to be more effective in enhancing the quality of student learning experience and academic success than externally driven quality assurance. Thus, to promote genuine quality, more energy must be invested in external quality assurance capacitating and strengthening internal quality assurance systems.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11070/3724
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13538322.2019.1597424
dc.subjectExternal versusen_US
dc.subjectInternal quality assuranceen_US
dc.subjectHigher education in Namibiaen_US
dc.subjectQuality cultureen_US
dc.subjectQuality enhancementen_US
dc.subjectStudent learning experienceen_US
dc.subjectStudent academic successen_US
dc.titleStrengthening internal quality assurance as a lever for enhancing student learning experiences and academic success: Lessons from Namibiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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