The role of tertiary institutions in improving quality education in Sierra Leone

This paper titled the role of tertiary institutions in improving quality education in the country came at a time when the country has had experiences of many challenges in the quality of education across the board, from kindergarten to primary school, from primary to secondary education leading to entering the university.  Sierra leone as a post-war nation is yet battling with inadequate support from successive governments in allocating the much needed resources that would improve the quality of education in Bo and the country as a whole.  This article aims at identifying the role of tertiary education institutions in improving the quality education, especially at that level of the academic cadre. The methodology used in this article is the descriptive research methods. The reason for this is to bring to the discussion the key roles tertiary educations have played and still playing to improve the quality education in Sierra Leone. This method brought in pictorial evidences that better illustrated the current state of the academic institutions, to present the readiness of these institutions to offer improved quality education in the country. A sample of 6 tertiary institutions were selected, 15 staffs of the targeted institutions. However, another 15 respondents from the ministry of higher education formed part of the participants and 15 other respondents to make a randomized selection of crucial persons of interest. Results from the findings indicated that, tertiary institutions have gotten many roles they play in improving the quality in the educational sectors across the board. Firstly, it is these institutions that received the end products from the secondary level of education, and prepare them for the universe/ corporate world. Therefore the findings show that, tertiary institutions play the role of teaching, doing research and community service. With the three traditional roles of tertiary institutions, it does not only improve the standard of education or modify the attitudes of the students, but through research build their capacities to make decisions for and on behalf of the nation. This means through the research, academics discover theories they can translate into practice that best fit in critical matters in the society.