The Quality Assurance Management of Gov. Alfonso D. Tan College of Tangub City

Abstract

Education and technology are rapidly changing the world as a means to provide jobs for a better quality of life for the people. The Philippines lagged behind the ASEAN neighbors hence the need to strengthen the educational system. The local government units capable of financing economic enterprises at the same time employing unemployed teachers in the locality by establishing local colleges that cater to the youth for their future. Community Colleges in the country have been established to support the universal education agenda. For Community Colleges to be on par with the private colleges, the practice of Quality Assurance Management is a major component of their Educational System. This study assessed the quality assurance management based on the higher educational institutions' framework of Gov. Alfonso D. Tan College of Tangub City covering a three-year period from 2014 to 2016 using the descriptive method of research supported by a statistical tool like average weighted mean in getting the extent of the practices of Gov. Alfonso D. Tan College faculty and management. The significant difference was computed based on an independent t-test that compared the two groups of respondents. The findings showed that Gov. Alfonso D. Tan College commendably practice quality assurance management along with governance and management, quality of teaching and research, support for students, relations with community and management of resources. The management group practices, and faculty group practices as agreed by the two groups of respondents; hence, it is highly recommended that Gov. Alfonso D. Tan College continually seeks program accreditation, IQUAME and other quality certifications for consistent assurance of quality, as part of governance and management; quality assurance management tools be considered for sustaining the quality of teaching; adopt the quality assurance management framework intervention to sustain the support for students, strengthen the relationship with the community and the management of resources; and similar study may be conducted to validate this study.