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Table 1: Perception of academics on quality assurance
Statement Mean Test value P value
Helps academics to develop their professional and academic 1 6.376 .000
performances
Enables continuous learning for academic staff 1 6.278 .000
Motivates academic staff to be actively involved in the University 1 5.857 .000
activities
Helps to improve the teaching strategies and methods 1 6.250 .000
Helps to develop curriculum and course content 2 6.860 .000
Produces marketable graduates 1 4.964 .000
It helps to fairly distribute the workload of the academic staff 0 2.847 .004
Enhances the quality of scientific publications of students and staff 1 4.431 .000
Increases the efficiency of the learning process in university system 1 6.267 .000
Helps to improve the learning outcome 1 6.014 .000
Efficient quality assurance process improves the ranking of the university 1 6.313 .000
According to the results, the most important criteria that should be included in internal quality
assurance framework were; teaching, learning and assessment procedure (91%), assessment method of
student progress and achievement (91%), research and extension (91%), curriculum content, design &
review based on graduate profile (92%).
When taking account of the responsibilities of internal quality assurance, the majority of respondents
(85.1%) stated that identifying strengths and weaknesses in the quality assurance system in Sri Lanka.
From the sample, 83.5% of respondents highly expected to provide a national QA framework for
respective higher educational institutes as a task of the Quality Assurance Council of the University
Grants Commission (UGC). Among the challenges faced by the Quality Assurance Council, 73.1% of
respondents identified the lack of continuous monitoring and tracking system as a major challenge.
Conclusions
In conclusion, the majority of respondents were little aware and needed to enhance their knowledge on
QA in higher education. The QA system must be further improved with removing the institutional,
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