Good access to poor courses won’t create real learning

By Patrício V Langa and Gerald Wangenge-Ouma. In the 1980s education economist George Pascharopoulos claimed that the average dollar invested in primary education in Africa returned twice as much as the dollar invested in higher education. The World Bank believed him, and ever since, higher education on the continent has struggled to position itself as an important investment priority and as a key driver for development. Read more...