The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MOHERST), in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, recently convened a daylong validation forum of the draft tertiary and higher education policy 2013/2022 at the Paradise Suites Hotel.
In his official opening ceremony on behalf of the permanent secretary, Jerreh Sanyang the deputy permanent secretary for admin and finance at the MOHERST described his ministry as a young ministry working on a lot of documents one of which is science and technology innovation policy and the quality assurance framework.
According to him, all these policies and instruments are supported accordingly and it was necessary to have tertiary and higher education policy. More...

Education expert and head of the Open University Sudan, Faisal Abdallah Alhaj answers our questions in this interview
Introduction
Since the 1970s, different kinds of distant education were introduced in Sudan through different and voluntary organizations on several levels. These levels included literacy education and basic, graduate and post graduate education. These efforts were made so as to meet the pressing needs of the society for education.
Some of the institutions which had adopted this system have achieved considerable success and others adopted a different kind of distant education known as affiliation, a method which lacks a number of the elements leading to accomplishing high quality education goals. More...

By Niall Winters. Only projects that work with existing education systems will improve learning and cut poverty, says Niall Winters. 
You've no doubt heard of the mobile phone revolution sweeping Sub-Saharan Africa — perhaps mobile money transfer, or mHealth. The hope is that mobile technologies will transform lives by improving health, education, finance and women's position in society. 
However, as knowledge management expert Piers Bocock notes, there is a vast disconnect between the companies that produce and market these technologies and on-the-ground implementers — with the hype perhaps best exemplified by former US President Bill Clinton. More...

Graduation Ceremony at one of the Universities in Somaliland  
Higher education and research in Somaliland have largely been neglected internally. If Somaliland is to join the continental & global knowledge community as an equal partner, it must revolutionize its research, education and training systems. This does not simply mean as Ministry of education in Somaliland believes taking money from Aid Agencies, INGO’s and pumping money into individual institutions with a bias and nepotism. This can help raise the profile of single universities but will do little to improve the system as a whole. More...

The Association of African Universities (AAU) in collaboration with Ghanaian Universities on Tuesday marked African University Day in Accra.
The occasion, which was held on the theme “Changing Higher Education Landscape in Africa: highlighting success stories,” brought together key figures from the various universities in Ghana and international donor agencies, alongside an exhibition show mounted by the institutions. See more...

By Anne Kiruku. The challenges of differing programmes of higher education across the region will be a thing of the past when the recommendations of the just concluded Academia-Private Sector Forum and Exhibitions 2013 in Nairobi are implemented.
The forum made a recommendation to create a common qualifications framework for harmonization of courses across the region and mutual recognition of qualifications. Many graduates have complained of inability to find employment in East African Community partner states due to non-recognition by partner states.
Regional integration cannot be attained if employees cannot move across the region to seek employment and exchange knowledge and innovations with citizens of partner states. More...