Good practices, drawbacks and improvement strategies in external peer monitoring and evaluation: A case of Uganda National Council for Higher Education
African Evaluation Journal
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Good practices, drawbacks and improvement strategies in external peer monitoring and evaluation: A case of Uganda National Council for Higher Education | |
| Creator | Ssentamu, Proscovia N. | |
| Description | Background: Growing demand for higher education by national governments and their citizens, and the growth of public and private higher education institutions resulting from increased enrolment have augmented the demand for monitoring and evaluation (ME). Consequently, the National Council for Higher Education in Uganda was established and mandated to among others monitor, evaluate and regulate higher education institutions.Objectives: To explore good practices, drawbacks and improvement strategies in the external peer ME of higher education institutions.Method: Using the qualitative research design, data were collected from 15 peers invited by the Council to participate in external ME visits to higher education institutions.Results: Several categories of good external peer ME practices and drawbacks emerged including statutory provisions for the external ME exercise by the Council; purpose, planning and capacity for undertaking external ME activities; involvement of peers and professional bodies; and political and legal interference.Conclusion: Despite availability of an ME framework and involvement of peers, the current external ME model is centralised, bureaucratic and summative and therefore generally not supportive of continuous institutional improvement based on feedback from ME visits. The current Higher Education Law should be amended; the Council ME framework and practices should be periodically reviewed to match trends and needs, a gradual shift from compliance to participatory and performance-based ME, and creation of a good policy environment to nurture the growth and development of institutional self-monitoring and evaluation mechanisms geared towards a culture of continuous self-improvement. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2018-07-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/aej.v6i1.261 | |
| Source | African Evaluation Journal; Vol 6, No 1 (2018); 10 pages 2306-5133 2310-4988 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://aejonline.org/index.php/aej/article/view/261/476
https://aejonline.org/index.php/aej/article/view/261/478
https://aejonline.org/index.php/aej/article/view/261/475
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