Van Der Waly,Maria Magdalena2025-08-292025-08-292013-01Van Der Walt,M.M.External quality assurance in Higher Education as a tool towards continuous improvement: A case study of two faculties of education in South Africa.Alice.University of Fort Hare.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/3119PhD ThesisThis study explored external quality assurance in South African Higher Education as a tool towards continuous improvement. The Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) undertook external reviews of Teacher Education qualifications in faculties of education in South African universities. The process involved HEQC as an external body, through a consultative process with stakeholders, generated criteria and minimum standards to be used in the evaluation process. These criteria and minimum standards were used by faculties of education to carry out self-evaluation of their programmes.enSOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::EducationThesis