THE CONTRIBUTION OF GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN PROMOTING QUALITY AT UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA
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Quality in higher education has been important for decades. In Kenya, quality in universities was embraced some years back by facilitating the vigorous vetting of programmes; matching the programmes with the existing capacity and competent sourcing of human resources to run the programmes. The study sought to determine the government contribution to quality teaching at universities in Kenya. The findings indicated a mismatch between resource allocation by the Government and growth in student population. The staff capacity constraints at universities continued to be felt. Teaching facilities were getting overstretched thus reducing quality as found in this research. E-leaning as a model for knowledge dissemination at universities and is a clear driver that has facilitated greater outreach for university education in Kenya.
Key words: Quality, Government, Facilities, Resource Allocation
CITATION: Obwogi, J. (2019). The contribution of government and government agencies in promoting quality at Universities in Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (2), 2496 – 2510.
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