The quality of education provided by institutions however may vary based on multiple factors, the teaching system, programs provided, quality of lecturers, and the learning environment under which the education is being provided. The lecturers in charge of imparting knowledge to students have to be of certain qualifications; therefore a selection procedure has to be followed separating expert lecturer from the mediocre ones living only the best lecturer’s to do the teaching. 'Also' the teaching system that a particular institution employs has a detrimental effect on the quality, the kind of system that encourages research, citation and a plagiarism policy would prove more useful than one that does not in providing quality education. Furthermore, considering the programs or courses the institution provides they should be of relevance to time and trend of the business world, avoiding the situation where graduates would roam on the streets straight after graduation due to lack of jobs. Furthermore, whether the environment in which teaching is conducted, does it meet the standards in order to be termed as conducive for learning. Lastly, how a particular institution caters for diversity in its students, for example catering for those with visual impairment or any other disability and the fact that the students, might be of different backgrounds and international cases of different origin. Facilities with the attributes mentioned earlier could be said as those that provide quality education to students, who enrol with them.
In a response to tackle the lack in quality of education tertiary institutions should engage, project based learning where students get to learn hands-on, this would ensure that they learn beyond context of textbooks. The advantage of this initiative is that students would know field experience, unlike the traditional book-based lecturing where students are more likely to memorize the content, not mastering it. Institutions should consider apprenticeship for teaching and lecturing, the aim being to equip lectures with experience and teaching skills before getting to work. While improving quality, tertiary institutions should consider adapting to changes in technology blending technology to learning through different platforms. Tertiary institutions should revise their core curriculum and ensure that it meets required standards. It is very imperative that quality of education facilitated by tertiary institutions should be of certain standards. The great Nelson Mandela once said, “education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.” Its importance is immeasurable because it is a self-enlighten up process for a lifetime, as added by Victor H, (n.d). This is so because quality education equip one with capability to interpret things rightly and applying the gathered information in real life scenarios (Victor H, n.d), therefore it wipes out the wrong beliefs from one’s mind and that makes one be civilized and innovative. In summary, quality education is important in anyone’s life, to have it, access to it by all means for sustainability.
The study shows that the students are aware of the importance of quality in education, as quality has an impact on their employment. The study has unveiled that the quality of education, that Botha university facilitates is good, meaning the students appreciate the effort of the entity in providing quality. This however means that Botha needs to do some improvements to strive for excellence. Students have shown their gratitude to the university for the material it provides to facilitate their studies such being the books and learning guides, also the technology the university has in place has made their stay even more pleasant. Lecturer’s also lay a brick in building the reputation of Botha University as a quality facilitator; in short the study has also come to discover the role of lecturer’s in providing quality that the qualification of lectures affects their performance. From this study, it became evident that the students consider their lecturers to be an added advantage in performing well in their studies. With the campus already inline, Botha university promises to be the best university Botswana has ever had in Francis town.
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