Perceptions on the Application of Guiding Standards by University Administrators to Promote Quality Assurance Practice in Selected Teacher Training Universities in Mozambique

Seviria Muvuti, Salome Odek & Paul Wahonya
Department of Educational Administration
University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, Kenya
Email: sevymvt@gmail.com

Abstract: One of university administrators’ key mandates is to close the gap between guiding standards and the practice of quality assurance. This study explored teacher trainees’ perceptions of administrators’ application of guiding standards during quality assurance practice in selected teacher training universities in Mozambique. Descriptive survey design, which has ability to collect precise opinions on targeted phenomena was used. The target population was students in fourth year in government teacher training universities in Mozambique. Permission for the study was obtained from the Ministry of Higher Education and Technology. Confidentiality was assured. All information would be used for research purposes. For validity, expert opinion was sought from the researcher’s supervisors. Reliability was ensured at 0.93 using Cronbach Alpha Coefficient. Data was collected from 242 randomly sampled fourth year teacher trainees using questionnaires. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 29. Descriptive statistics were mainly used to analyze data. Findings showed that Administrators excelled in marketing developmental aspirations and in international cooperation. The study however showed the need to scale up on ensuring visibility of standard guidelines, peer assessment and marrying of theory and practice among others. These had heterogeneous standard deviations of 1.54; 2.19; 2.14 respectively. Key recommendations included: ensuring visibility of universities’ standard declarations and the sourcing of more resources to ease the process of marrying theory with practice during teacher training. Also, that universities be well resourced in order to be more inclusive of disabled teacher trainees. Further, studies are required to explore practical acceptable ways of promoting peer assessment.