St.

Mary's University
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
RESEARCH METHOD IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

QUALITY OF LEARNING IN ACCOUNTING

DEPARTMENT SECTION A

BY
MARSILAS TARIKU RAD/0055/2012
FEVEN DEMELASH RAD/ /2012
YOHANES ASSEFA RAD/ /2012

SUBMITED TO
MR.KIROS G
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Back ground of the study ………………………………………………………………………….1
Statement of the problem………………………………………………….……………………….3
Objective of the study……………………………………………………….…………………….4
General objective …………………………………………………………………..……………….4

Specific Objectives ………………………………………………………………………………….4

Research question………………………………………………………………………………….4
Limitation of the study…………………………………………………………………………….5
Scope………………………………………………………………………………………...…….5
Significance of the study………………………………………………….....…………………….5
Organization of the study………………………………………………………………………….6

CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
General Concept of Quality……………………………………………………...……………7
Quality Control………………………………………………………………………………….8
Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA) …………..…………………9
Quality Assurance Methodologies Defined ……………………………………………….9

CHAPTER THREE
Methodology
Research design……………………………………………………………………………….11
Sample design……………………………………………………………………...………….11
Data collection methods…………………………………………………….……………….11
Data analysis methods……………………………………………………………………….12
Sources of Data……………………………………………………………………….……….12
Ethical consideration………………………………………………………………...……….12

CHAPTER Four
Work plan………………………………………………………………………………..…….14
Budget plan…………………………………………………………………………...……….15
Reference
 ABBREVIATIONS
MOE Ministry of Education

NGO Non-Governmental Organizations

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF United Nations International Children‘s Emergency Fund

WB World Bank

HERQA Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency

 ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study will be to Explore, discover and identifying quality of learning in
accounting department section A class of 2012. Descriptive survey design will be used to carry-
out the study which enabled the researcher to describe the present status of the problem under
study. The necessary data from both primary and secondary sources will be collected. The primary
data was obtained from head of quality assurance office, teachers and students of section A class.
Secondary Sources of Data Secondary data was collected from books, relevant documents. Their
will be a total 16 participants for the research, 11 respondents from section A students and 4
respondents from the teacher of accounting department , 1 respondent from quality assurance
office of St. Mary's University which are purposively selected for the study. The study will consist
different instruments so as to assess the quality of learning. These are interview, self-administered
questionnaire, document analysis and observation. The data will be analyzed qualitatively through
descriptions or narrations.