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Influence of Quality Assurance Practices and Academic Performance of Students in Universities in Rivers State.

Eric Chikweru Amadi PhD, Catherine U Osuji PhD, OBEDCHUKWUKA, Anthonia Nnenna

Abstract

This study investigated influence of quality assurance practices and academic performance of students in universities in Rivers State. The design adopted for the study was a correlational research design. The population of the study was 3357 academic staff of the Universities in Rivers State which consisted of 1385 academic staff of University of Port Harcourt, 1585 academic staff of Rivers state university and 387 academic staff of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. The sample for this study was 839 academic staff, representing 25% of the total population of 3,357 academic staff in public universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study employed a stratified sampling technique to ensure that the sample accurately represented the distribution of academic staff across the three universities. The instruments for data collection in this study were a researcher-designed questionnaire titled ‘Influence of Quality Assurance Practices Questionnaire (IQAPQ) and Academic Performance of Students Questionnaire (APSQ). To determine the reliability of the instrument, the instrument was administered to 25 lecturers who are outside the sample of the study but were part of the population of the study. The completed copies of the questionnaire were analyzed for reliability using Cronbach Alpha Method. The reason was to establish the internal consistency of the instrument. The reliability coefficients of 0.78, 0.81 and 0.76 were obtained for the various clusters of the instrument with an average of 0.81 which showed the instrument was reliable. The data collected for the study were analyzed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) formula. The study concluded that instructional supervision, implementation of quality assurance policies and provision of infrastructural facilities significantly influence students' academic performance in public universities in Rivers State. It recommended among others that University administrators should e

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