ASSESSMENT OF PUTME INDEX IN QUALITY ASSURANCE OF POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: THE EVIDENCE FROM IMT ENUGU AND FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OKO.

Abstract

This issue of quality assurance in higher Education is of national and total global concern particularity in this knowledge based and total information age. One therefore needs quality information to the be competitive and relevant in the globalized world of work. The polytechnics are a part of the major generators, repositories and purveyors of information and knowledge.  This research is set out to examine factors responsible for loss of quality of products of the polytechnic education in Nigeria. The research is designed to examine further those factors behind the free - fair of quality education in the polytechnic sector of education.

The research aims to demonstrate the nature of the of the impact of PUTME in the quality assurance of polytechnic education in Nigeria. The area of study will be institute of management and Technology, Enugu and Federal polytechnic Oko.

In this study proportionate stratified sampling techniques, will be used. The population will be limited to the students in their final year of their National Diploma (ND) programme and those who already working to determine the performance in their work area.