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Introduction: Quality assurance policy implementation is majorly done by teaching staff in institutions of higher Education. This policy has been implemented since 2006 in East Africa and there's no so far research done to evaluate staff participation in implementing the policy hence a need to develop the scale to test policy compliance. The knowledge of policy formulation appears to be a prerequisite for policy implementation. Methods:The three major phases of developing psychological scale were followed to develop EPIC; Phase one pool items identification, phase two rigorous testing for validity and reliability which led to reduction and maintaining 16 items out of 33 pool items identified by expert panel in phase I and Phase III test -retesting and using the scale to measure what it is purported to measure. Applying the scale in intended community for further refinery to confirm its usefulness and presenting the scale to the public as to fit the purpose was done by the researcher.Results: At factor loading; four major constructs were retained to measure policy compliance; knowledge, negotiation, empowerment and perceived service delivery. Considering accumulative percentage of principal component analysis, knowledge (cognitive value) 0.883, negotiation between policy makers and policy implementers or involved parties 0.947, empowerment of policy implementers in decision-making 0.873 and perceived service delivery or self-examination by service providers 0.835. Some of the sub-constructs scored low and still retained due to their significance basing on existing literature on quality assurance policy.

The Bologna Process Accord 1999 has precisely identified three study cycles; Bachelor’s degree cycle, Master’s cycle and Doctoral cycle that ought to benefit from quality assurance Policy implementation. As mentioned in other chapters within this book, doctoral studies qualify students as potential resource persons that are capable of adding new knowledge to the existing stances. Knowledge economies have identified postgraduate qualifications (in this context PhD) as valuable means through which organizations can sturdily harness competitiveness in terms of innovation and creativity leading to the high-quality productivity of both goods and services. Technology advancement parse may not increase quality without brain workers to manipulate and direct production. There is a quest for increasing opportunities for doctoral enrollments and funding opportunities in low-resource countries.

This article presents the argument that polygon peace theory is model that provides a platform which silently engages parents and children into peaceful settlement of conflicts and fostering co-existence without biasness caused by selfish politicians. The horrific massacre that have occurred in Rwenzori since 1250AD in most cases have gone without causing public attention on front pages of news papers and headlines in national and international media houses. It seems in this 21 th Century some people still don't deserve equal human rights as to "them" whose human rights are protected by international laws. The human rights violation has not occurred in Rwenzori but also in other parts of the world with less recognized human rights. The "mystic rose problem" that have caused episodic conflicts can still get solution through applying polygon peace theory as identification of one side of the polygon can be measured to find its length. This opinion is based on lived experience and desk research of the author.

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