Abstract
This study aims to compare the technical vocational education and training quality assurance framework of Nigeria, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. The study adopted a qualitative method document analysis to elicit information to compare quality assurance frameworks of Nigeria, Malaysia and the United Kingdom in the context of the technical vocational education and training systems. The study revealed current practices of quality assurance frameworks of Nigeria, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. The framework's emphasis on appropriately skilled workforce needed for socio-economic development and sets a benchmark for consistency to promote trust. The study also revealed similarities as a commitment to evidence-based decision making for continuous quality improvement while the difference in quality assurance frameworks of Nigeria and Malaysia is revealed based on the government-led approach and the United Kingdom operates based on a unitary approach. The study also revealed suitable quality assurance framework components as follows: integrated planning, integrated reviewing and management. This study discussed reforms needed of quality assurance framework in technical vocational education and training system and suggested that Nigerian government needed to encourage her technical vocational education and training system for the desired objectives through quality assurance framework.
Highlights
Quality assurance QA is a component of quality management that provides confidence for the stakeholders to meet the quality desires of the educational services
The value of training is measured by the graduates' level of competency in their occupations or trades [18].In Nigeria, technical vocational education and training (TVET) institutions are comprised of technical colleges and Vocational Enterprise Institutions VEIS that are operationalized under the National Vocational Qualification Framework NVQF, regulated by the National Board for Technical Education NBTE [26; 36]
Quality in TVET educational systems cannot be overlooked by any government because nations achieve their desire to become industrialized nation through the good practices of the TVET QA framework
Summary
Quality assurance QA is a component of quality management that provides confidence for the stakeholders to meet the quality desires of the educational services. The three agencies are responsible for quality assurance through minimum accreditation requirements, among others, such as library space, minimum staff/students' ratio, minimum facilities/equipment and offices for staff, and effective teaching and learning in given occupations [21; 24; 25] This is to ensure that quality standards are regulated, maintained and enhanced by the TVET institutions in line with the needs of societies as well as industries. This study compares the quality assurance frameworks of Nigeria, Malaysia and the United Kingdom to increase the confidence of TVET stakeholders towards quality standards in terms of skills, knowledge and competencies for national building [35]
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