QUALITY ASSURANCE INPUTS AND GOAL ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLIC COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA
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2025
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Kwasu International Journal of Educational Management and Leadership (KIJEMAL)
Abstract
Basic schools’ teachers competency has been put to test as a result of the quality of inputs
made available within the system. Hence, this study examined quality assurance inputs and
goal achievement in public Colleges of Education in South-west, Nigeria. The study adopted
a descriptive research design of correlational type. Multi-stage sampling technique was used
for the study; random sampling technique was used to select four states out of the six in the
Zone while purposive sampling technique was used to select five out of eight public Colleges
of Education in South-west, Nigeria. Proportional sampling technique was used to select 302
lecturers and 20 principal officers from selected Colleges of Education via the use of Krejcie
and Morgan (1970) table for sample size determination. Two self-designed questionnaires
tagged “Quality Assurance Inputs Questionnaire” (QAIQ) and (GAQ) were used to collect
data for the study. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer
all the three research questions; Inferential statistics of Multiple Regression was used to test
the hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that, there was significant prediction of
quality assurance inputs to goal achievement in public Colleges of Education in South-west,
Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study, it was recommended among others that public
Colleges of Education should prioritise and invest in quality assurance inputs in order to
ensure the delivery of high quality education and attainment of goals of Colleges of
Education.