QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES AND ETHICAL COMPLIANCE FOR EFFECTIVE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

School administration, just like every other field of endeavor is expected to operate under defined standards and principles. Without doubt, one of the ways school administration can achieve the goal of meeting its objectives in terms of input- process-output is through conscious quality assurance practices and ethical compliances. Therefore, this paper x-rayed quality assurance practices and ethical compliance in school administration in Nigeria, with the adoption of the targets enumerated by the Quality Assurance and Control Unit of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The paper corroborated specifically, implementing standards in the areas of Lectures/ Academic materials, Conduct and management of Examinations and Staff-Students’ Relationship. The paper concluded that there is the need to put Quality Assurance measures in place for the purposes of discipline and maintaining standards, because any process void of standards can be compromised, and suggested among others that the mechanisms of supervision, monitoring and evaluation, cost benefit analysis training and feedback be undertaken by school leadership to ensure an effective school administrative process.