This workshop has two parts, Part One examines management, Inspection and Supervision for delivery of Quality Basic education and Part Two examines the same for delivery of Quality Higher education.  It is evident that Basic education is managed, supervised and inspected in line with directives of the Education while technical evaluation, regulation, accreditation and quality assurance refer to the terms commonly used in Higher Education. 

Part One, therefore, provides an analysis of how the Inspectorate, management and supervisory bodies within the basic education level are expected to operate in implementing the requirements of the Education Act, how they operate and the challenges they face in executing the roles assigned to them.

Part two, on the other hand, provides an analysis of the various processes of regulation, accreditation and quality assurance in Higher education. It is therefore obvious that the dual roles of accreditation and regulatory, roles that should in the long run be separated for more effective performance.   

In the current situation the Inspectorate, being a  department  within  the  Ministry  of  Education and  Vocational  Training  may  face  some  problems  that  are  normally  associated  with  a  huge bureaucracy  that  may  jeopardise  efficiency  and  impact  and  it  would  be  desirable  to  be transformed  into  an  autonomous  body  with  experts  providing  quality  assurance,  support, advice  and  objective  recommendations  as  the  law  requires.

Purposes of Inspection

 Introduction: Many countries have some inspectorate system with similar roles and responsibilities.  Some make a clear distinction between Inspection and supervision and in some cases, these are the responsibility of the Inspectorate. Supervision is the duty of the Head Teacher / Head of School or Principal of the College. It is a role that is played by the manager of schools involving the Local Education Coordinator and the District Education Officers. 

•  The purposes of inspection are to ensure that the school complies with the provisions of the Education Act and to ascertain whether that school is being properly and efficiently managed.

•  These are to: Report on the effectiveness of education in schools and other educational   Institutions and to recommend action for improvement; 

Evaluate the arrangements for assuring quality in schools;

Provide frank and objective advice to the higher education authorities and to   ensure that educational initiatives are implemented effectively Therefore, overall, inspection is concerned, in the main, with the improvement of standards and quality of education and should be an integral part of a school improvement program. 

Course Content

An analysis of how the Inspectorate, management and supervisory bodies within the basic education level are expected to operate in implementing the requirements of the Education Act, how they operate and the challenges they face in executing the roles assigned to them.

 An analysis of the various processes of regulation, accreditation and quality assurance in higher education.