Reforms to improve higher education access and quality

By Gilbert Nganga. Burundi, an East African Community, or EAC, member state and the region’s smallest nation, has over the past few years been toiling to rebuild higher education, which had lagged behind due to a decade long conflict that started in 1993. As a result, the country – which joined the EAC bloc in 2007 – still has a nascent higher education sector compared to its East African partners Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. More...