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Quality Assurance Strategies and Effective Instructional Delivery in Universities in Rivers State

Okechi Uhuka Anunobi, PhD, NWUKE, ThankGod James PhD

Abstract

The study investigated quality assurance strategies and effective instructional delivery in universities in Rivers State. Three research questions and three corresponding null hypotheses guided the study. This study adopted a correlational survey design. The population of the study was 3525 academic staff of public Universities in Rivers State which consists of 1385 academic staff of University of Port Harcourt, 1705 academic staff of Rivers State University and 435 academic staff of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. The sample for this study was 529 which was determined using 15% of the total population of the study. To ensure that the sample is representative of the entire population, stratified random sampling was employed. The instruments used for data collection was a questionnaire designed by the researcher titled ‘Quality Assurance Strategies Questionnaire (QASQ) and Effective Instructional Delivery Questionnaire (EIDQ). The reliability of the instrument was determined through a test of internal consistency using Cronbach Alpha method. The reliability co-efficient obtained for each of the sections were 0.84, 0.86 and 0.88 respectively. The average reliability index was 0.86 which showed the instrument was reliable. A total of 529 copies of the questionnaire were administered to the academic staff from the three Universities. However, due to poor accessibility and availability on several visits to the respondents for collection, only 428 (81% rate) were retrieved and this proportion was used for the analysis. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) was used to answer the research questions and test the formulated research questions. The study concluded that curriculum review, accreditation compliance, provision of infrastructure, and effective instructional delivery in universities in Rivers State revealed a strong positive relationship between these variables and instructional delivery. The stud

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