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Education in
Sub Saharan AfricaAlexis Neitzey
LBST 2102: Intercultural & Global Connections
April 2013
Fast Facts:•Developments
• Universities established• Reforms• Structure of Education
System
•Debt relief increase• Enrollment Increase
• from 56% in 1999 to 70% in 2006
• 34 million children
• Challenges
• Tertiary Education• Developing Africa (foundation)• Support from World Bank
• Analytical Work• Lending• Strategic Learning
•Universal Primary Education• Fast Track Initiative• Primary Education
Development Program
Developments• Universities Established
Firsts established in colonial period (1920-1960)
Role of universitieso Independenceo Socio-economic development
Most created after 1960• Reforms
Widening of access Inclusion of new fields World Bank: school improvement Relevance to African needs Quality and efficiency(not implemented well)
• Structure of Education System Organized at primary, secondary,
technical/vocational, and university-levels
Similar in length of studies at all levels
Further Developments
Debt Relief•Many governments directs savings to education•Mali: almost half of savings for education• Nigeria: hired 40,000 teachers• Kenya & Tanzania: abolition of school fees more students
Enrollment Increase• Primary schools increase from 56% in 1999 to 70% in 2006• Increase of 34 million children between 1999 and 2006•Due to development assistance and debt relief
Challenges• Africa has lowest
enrollment rate in the world for higher education• Less accessible to
disadvantaged groups and women• Limited resource
allocation• 80% of budgets go for
salaries and student grants• Overcrowded campuses
• Old curriculum and books• Poor teaching methods• Limited skillful faculty• Inefficient assurance
agents and research infrastructure• High unemployment for
graduates• Limited published
academic papers
Tertiary Education• Foundation for sustainable
economy• World Bank support is fit to
country’s specific needs• Analytical Work• Country Status Reports:
change in enrollment and participation, financing and sustainability, unit costs and efficiency, and equity.
• Lending• Ethiopia: Post-Secondary Education
Project• Mauritania: Higher Education Project• Uganda: Millennium Science Initiative• Mozambique: Higher Education
Project• Strategic Learning• Conferences, forums, workshops,
partnerships, and organizations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ8LxHWvAoE
Universal Primary Education• Fast Track Initiative• “partnership between donor
countries and developing countries to accelerate progress towards achieving universal primary education”• Technical knowledge and
funding• Has been very successful in
student enrollment
• Policies implemented to ensure free universal primary education
• “Rising primary enrollment and completion rates have led to free universal secondary education”
Works Cited• http://www.nokut.no/Documents/NOKUT/
Artikkelbibliotek/Konferanser/SU%20konferanser/Seminarer/Fagsem_08/Teklu%20Abate%20Bekele.pdf• http://www.one.org/c/us/progressreport/776/• http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/
COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTAFRREGTOPEDUCATION/0,,contentMDK:21678040~menuPK:4762592~pagePK:34004173~piPK:34003707~theSitePK:444708,00.html• All images from Google images under keywords
“Education in Sub Saharan Africa”