Church Involvement in Curriculum Planning and Quality Assurance Standards of Anglican Church of Uganda Universities in Uganda

Basome Samson & Mwangi Petronilla
School of education
Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, Kenya.
Email: basomesamson@gmail.com

Abstract: In the context of higher education, active Church involvement in Curriculum Planning and Quality Assurance at its established institutions of higher learning is critical component in the 21st Century. The study used a mixed methods approach employing triangulation research design to obtain findings from 471 respondents from four universities; purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used during the selection of the respondents. The questionnaire, interview guide, observation check list and documentary analysis were used to collect data. The quantitative data collected was entered into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 22 for statistical treatment, while thematic analysis was done for qualitative data. The findings for the extent of ACOU’s involvement in curriculum planning for human and physical resource management contribution to quality assurance standards indicated that; the correlation between ACOU involvement in human resource management and the staff recruitment criteria as an aspect of quality assurance was found to be r = 0. 508** that showed a moderate positive correlation (p-value 0.01 < 0.508), adequacy of qualified full-time staff was r = 0.551, indicating a moderate positive correlation (p-value 0.00 < 0.551) and staff development was r = .342 showing a moderate positive correlation (p-value 0.01 < 0.342), library equipment was r = 0.447** showed a moderate positive correlation (p-value 0.01< 0.447), lecture rooms equipment was r = 0.354** showing a moderate positive correlation (p-value 0.01< 0.354), Laboratory equipment was r = 0 .421** showing a moderate positive correlation (p-value 0.01 < 0.421). There was limited capacity building program to only university technical staff on curriculum planning for human and physical resource management. Therefore it is recommended that NCHE should develop an extended capacity building program to management of university on curriculum planning and quality assurance to include Board of trustees the proprietors who are responsible for the provision of funding, monitoring and utilization of university’s physical resources especially those areas related to staff recruitment criteria, adequacy of qualified staff, staff development, equipped library, specious lecturer rooms and equipped laboratories.