Making academic rules and regulations count: Towards ensuring quality tertiary education in Nigeria

Davidson U Mbagwu, Chinazam Faith Okeke

Abstract


Common opinions qualify the quality of education in Nigeria as
poor. There is a heartbreaking observation that many products of
Nigerian Universities and other tertiary institutions perform
below average. Different factors such as poor staffing,
inadequate infrastructure, and poor funding have been identified
among others as the causes. This paper does not rule out these,
however, it argues that academic rules and regulations
formulated to guide the operations of tertiary institutions in
Nigeria are implicitly and explicitly representative of quality
assurance in tertiary education. The extent to which they are
implemented has implications for the quality of tertiary education
in the country. The academic rules and regulations of the Nnamdi
Azikiwe University, Awka has been selected and reviewed to
account for this.

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