L'enseignement artistique suit les mutations de la création artistique. Par exemple, au niveau de l’infographie, les artistes infographes du Cameroun ont entamé un plaidoyer pour la mise sur pied d’une commission des infographistes professionnels auprès des institutions de formation professionnelle afin d’améliorer la qualité de la formation inculquée aux jeunes désireux de faire carrière… » Ils encouragent également la formation des formateurs et aussi l’initiation aux arts graphiques au niveau des enseignements primaire, secondaire et même universitaire. Plus...
Afrique francophone : à quoi servent tous ces hôpitaux ?
En 1978, la conférence d’Alma-Ata rappelait les grandes priorités du siècle à venir pour les soins de santé primaires. Elle annonçait même :
« L’humanité tout entière pourra accéder à un niveau acceptable de santé en l’an 2000 si l’on utilise de façon plus complète et plus efficace les ressources mondiales dont une part considérable est actuellement dépensée en armements et en conflits armés. »
40 ans plus tard, ces objectifs ne sont toujours pas atteints. Or, parmi les éléments clés nécessitant d’être repensés pour que l’humanité « entière » accède à une santé « acceptable » il est important de porter aussi notre réflexion sur les soins de santé primaires et leur articulation avec l’ensemble du système de santé. Plus...
Is Africa the future for recruiting international students?
Africa has the fastest-growing middle class in the world. Despite recent revised forecasts, the African economy is predicted to grow at a faster rate than many other regions. More than 1.2 billion people currently live in Africa. More...
Family learning finds continued success in the Gambia
Following consultations with UNESCO regional bureaux and UNESCO field offices in the region, two countries – Ethiopia and the Gambia – were selected to pilot the Family and Intergenerational Literacy and Learning (FILL) approach to identify best practice for improved policies, actions and materials that support learning together as a family. More...
Intellectual Property, Education and Access to Knowledge in Southern Africa
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Andrew Rens, Achal Prabhala and Dick Kawooya[Edit][Delete]: Intellectual Property, Education and Access to Knowledge in Southern Africa, tralac [Edit][Delete] August 24, 2006
The argument behind copyright has always been that, by protecting authors' rights, it promotes the creation of knowledge and learning. The principle of copyright, however, has have the opposite effect on African nations, making knowledge and learning difficult to obtain. More...
How schools are kept afloat in Somaliland
In 1991, following a civil war that led to the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic, the northern part of the country declared itself as the Republic of Somaliland. Though it still lacks recognition from the international community, Somaliland has many characteristics of a state, such as a parliament and an army. It’s also generally been highlighted as a rare success story in the Horn of Africa. The 3.5 million people that live there live in relative stability. But little is known about how the country’s public services function and are organised. More...
Ghana needs more efficient spending to fix gaps in education
The Millennium Development Goals were announced to the world in the year 2000. They marked a significant milestone in instituting a goal-based approach towards development. In terms of policies, they have arguably been the most successful in driving the world’s agenda towards global development. More...
A review of Kenya’s universities: what formed them, what’s wrong with them
In many African countries, the demand for higher education has increased tremendously in recent years. In Kenya for instance, universities have expanded more than six-fold in the past 20 years. More...
Improving Research Productivity in Ethiopia — Carrot or Stick?
A system of rewards that recognizes both institutions and individual researchers for high quality problem-solving research, is a far more effective way to encourage research than to make it mandatory. More...