Education in Africa

The aim of this paper is to examine the education problems in Africa which include lack of proper schooling facilities and educators, emigration, military and conflict. Special reference is given to the most important problem that is educational systems of countries that do not serve the needs of to...

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Main Author: Boukerroucha, Halima
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2014
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spelling iium-420342016-06-30T07:25:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42034/ Education in Africa Boukerroucha, Halima L Education (General) The aim of this paper is to examine the education problems in Africa which include lack of proper schooling facilities and educators, emigration, military and conflict. Special reference is given to the most important problem that is educational systems of countries that do not serve the needs of today graduated students and make them not competitive. It tries to understand the causes behind Africa’s lowest index of educational development in the world as stated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP 2002) and the lack of reform in their educational systems. The paper attempts to suggest how NGOs should contribute most effectively to education development and how universities, governments, and NGOs might work together to strengthen (higher) education in Africa. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42034/1/DrHalimaAfricaConf.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42034/4/42034.pdf Boukerroucha, Halima (2014) Education in Africa. In: 1st African Youth Conference 2014, 15th-16th February 2014, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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Education in Africa
description The aim of this paper is to examine the education problems in Africa which include lack of proper schooling facilities and educators, emigration, military and conflict. Special reference is given to the most important problem that is educational systems of countries that do not serve the needs of today graduated students and make them not competitive. It tries to understand the causes behind Africa’s lowest index of educational development in the world as stated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP 2002) and the lack of reform in their educational systems. The paper attempts to suggest how NGOs should contribute most effectively to education development and how universities, governments, and NGOs might work together to strengthen (higher) education in Africa.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Boukerroucha, Halima
author_facet Boukerroucha, Halima
author_sort Boukerroucha, Halima
title Education in Africa
title_short Education in Africa
title_full Education in Africa
title_fullStr Education in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Education in Africa
title_sort education in africa
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/42034/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/42034/1/DrHalimaAfricaConf.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/42034/4/42034.pdf
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