24 août 2014
24 août 2014
#scholarAfrica – Consolidating the African open agenda
24 août 2014
Diversity, culture and support key to HE transformation
The review was conducted by the Cape Higher Education Consortium or CHEC – a body comprising the four public universities of the Western Cape and aimed at strengthening higher education through institutional and academic collaboration – and authored by its CEO Nasima Badsha and consultant Sharman Wickham. Read more...
17 août 2014
Lagos State University’s tuition fee fiasco
16 août 2014
South Africa’s Funding of Higher Education: The Case of the University of Limpopo
By . LIMPOPO, South Africa —“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela in a 2003 speech. Human capital investment has been a major priority for the democratic government of South Africa. The country aims to ensure that the black population, which was economically disadvantaged by the apartheid system, becomes economically savvy, skillful and employable, like the rest of the country’s populace. To achieve this, the South African government has launched efforts such as the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. More...
13 août 2014
Universities to charge uniform fees for East Africans
By Innocent Anguyo. GOVERNMENT has ordered all the six public universities in Uganda to charge uniform fees for Ugandans and foreigners from the other East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
The public universities include Makerere, Kyambogo, Gulu, Muni, Busitema and Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST).
The six universities admitted a total of 40,000 students, including those from the other East African states for the 2014/2015 academic year. More...
21 juillet 2014
Tuning higher education as an engine for innovation
By Mesele Araya and Habtamu Adane. When Nigeria's Dangote Group advertised for 100 truck driver jobs in 2012, six PhDs, 704 masters and more than 8,460 bachelor degree holders were among the 13,000 applicants. Why were the applicants not employed in careers they trained for? We argue that universities are not imparting the knowledge and skills required by Africa’s economies or the world. Read more...21 juillet 2014
Low pass rates, fraud in exams leading to universities
By Jane Marshall. With publication of results of the baccalauréat school-leaving examinations in francophone Africa, newspapers in some countries have reported problems of low pass rates and instances of fraud.The ‘bac’, which features in education systems modelled on that of France, gives pupils who pass it the right to higher education. Read more...
20 juillet 2014
Bitter race rows follow 20-year democracy celebrations
By Karen MacGregor. In the wake of 20 years of democracy celebrations, two occurrences in universities starkly reminded South Africans of how far the country has yet to go to overcome apartheid. The death of popular Stellenbosch Vice-chancellor Russel Botman sparked accusations that he had been ‘killed’ by Afrikaner conservatives, while Cape Town was fiercely attacked by black intellectuals after unveiling a new student admissions policy. Read more...13 juillet 2014
Heads of state adopt continental science strategy
By Wagdy Sawahel. Heads of state adopted the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa – 2024 at an African Union assembly in Equatorial Guinea late last month. The continental framework is aimed at accelerating transition to innovation-led, knowledge-based economies. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)