An Assessment of the Practices on Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

Like any other higher learning institutions, PHEIs in Basilan, an island province of the Philippines in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), are also confronted with challenges when it comes to QA in tertiary education in terms of CQI. The study was conducted to Assess the Practices on Continuous Quality Improvement among Teacher Education Institutions in Basilan. The study employed a mixed methods design, all quantitative data were collected purposively from sixty (60) faculty members using an adapted questionnaire formulated by Thalner (2005) of Western Michigan University, the instrument consists of a framework that measures CQI in higher education, and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the weighted means, standard deviations, and ranges for the various variables. While the qualitative data were collected from ten (10) College deans, and program chairpersons and the Vice president for academic affairs from the four HEIs, utilizing FGD and KII. Results showed that awareness on the continuous quality improvement is present.