Conséquences de la gratuité de l’éducation:Effectifs pléthoriques et manque d’enseignants à Parakou Une fois encore, à cette rentrée scolaire, les établissements scolaires sont de nouveau confrontés aux contrecoups de la gratuité de l’éducation. Les effectifs sont pléthoriques dans les classes et le manque d’enseignants s’observe avec acuité dans les établissements publics de la cité des … [Read more…]
SPECIAL JRECI 2006 & 2009 African Education Development Issues Afr educ dev issues ISSN 2079-651X Dans ce numéro de présentation des études discutées à l’occasion des Journées de la Recherche en Education en Côte d’Ivoire, le lecteur découvrira dans ses lectures une diversité de textes écrits par des auteurs d’horizons variés. En effet, les dix-huit … [Read more…]
Le défi est de maintenir les enseignants LUSAKA, 8 nov (IPS) – Les efforts de la Zambie pour renforcer son système éducatif deviendront insuffisants si aucune solution n’est trouvée pour maintenir des enseignants qualifiés comme Caroline Chisenga. Elle enseigne les maths et possède 10 ans d’expérience. Elle a récemment amélioré ses compétences d’enseignante avec un … [Read more…]
Europe/Africa: University CooperationAs part of the Access to Success – Fostering Trust and Exchange between Europe and Africa project, the European University Association (EUA) has published a white paper entitled Africa-Europe higher education cooperation for development: Meeting regional and global challenges. It outlines how partnerships can be a strategic means to contribute to the overall … [Read more…]
Accomplishments of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, 2000–2010. Rep. New York: New York University, 2010. Print. The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA), an initiative launched in 2000 by the Carnegie Corporation and other U.S. foundations, has published Accomplishments of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, 2000–2010: Report on a Decade … [Read more…]
Tanzania: Educational Quality The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) has adopted the quality assurance system described in A Road Map to Quality: Handbook for Quality Assurance in Higher Education prepared by the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) in collaboration with TCU, the Commission for Higher Education (CHE), Kenya and the National Council for Higher … [Read more…]
African Student Leaders’ Summit: Student Behaviour Based on the results of a study conducted by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET), South Africa, in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa on the relationship between higher education and democracy in Africa, the presentation Student Perceptions of Student Leadership shows that African students consider their leadership as … [Read more…]
Lack of transparency undermining primary education in AfricaTransparency International’s report looking at education systems in seven African countries, including Uganda, raises concerns over financial accountability in schools and a lack of interest among parents in how schools are run.Read Transparency International’s Africa Education Watch report23 February 2010
ABC, 123: The Impact of a Mobile Phone Literacy Program on Educational Outcomes CGD non-resident fellow Jenny Aker and co-authors report on the results from a randomized evaluation of a mobile phone education program (Project ABC) in Niger, in which adult students learned how to use mobile phones as part of a literacy and numeracy … [Read more…]
BOOK – Developing Post-Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing the Financial Sustainability of Alternative PathwaysBy Alain Mingat, Blandine Ledoux and Ramahatra Rakotomalala This book provides analytical tools including simulation scenarios, for policy makers in Sub-Saharan African countries under pressure to expand secondary and tertiary education.
