A Comparative Study of Service Quality in Portuguese and Angolan Higher Education Institutions

Quality in education is an important topic as it is reflected in the educational levels of a society. Many studies consider students as stakeholders; however, families, employers, and society in general can also be a set of stakeholders in this educational process. This article addresses this issue from an international perspective that results from a collaborative work carried out by Portuguese and Angolan researchers. He intends to study service quality in three higher education institutions (HEIs), two in Portugal and one in Angola. The study was based on the HEISQUAL model, a modern approach to measuring the quality of service in higher education institutions. In past studies, we used SERVQUAL model. It was possible to concluded that, for the institutions under study located in Angola, the evaluation made by the students is bottom. The quantitative methodology was used, supported by the new instrument called HEISQUAL, a questionnaire that aims to measure the quality of service provided by an HEI. The current survey follows a convenient sampling technique. Based on these results, good practices were identified to be implemented to improve the quality performance indicators in Angola. The half-yearly monitoring will allow following the evolution of this implementation. In addition to the scientific component, this work is based on a greater concern, namely, the contribution to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 – Quality Education. It is expected that the application of good practices will result in the improvement of the quality of education perceived by the students.