Mozambique - Improving the Quality of University Graduates
In 1990, Mozambique had fewer than 3,000 university-trained persons. Less than 15 percent of civil service personnel had a university degree, and more than a third of civil servants had less than seven years of primary education. Highly trained and...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/07/2489231/mozambique-improving-quality-university-graduates http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9728 |
| Summary: | In 1990, Mozambique had fewer than 3,000
university-trained persons. Less than 15 percent of civil
service personnel had a university degree, and more than a
third of civil servants had less than seven years of primary
education. Highly trained and professionally experienced
Mozambicans tended to gravitate towards the private sector.
Consequently, the planning and management of both public and
private sector activities were adversely impacted. This
Infobrief focuses on the expansion in the quantity and
improvement in the quality of university graduates, a
specific objective of the World Bank-assisted Capacity
Building: Human Resources Development project which was
implemented between 1993 and 2001. The number of students
graduating annually from UEM has increased five times during
project implementation (1994-2001), from 148 in 1994 to 695
in 2000. The percentage of graduates who complete all degree
requirements within the official prescribed time has
increased from 5 percent in 1997 to 15 percent in 2000. The
overall average examination pass rate has improved from 39
percent in 1994 to 53 percent in 2000. Under the project,
4,350 book titles were imported and 159 textbook titles were
produced locally. While the targeted number of books
distributed to each student was five, survey questionnaires
to a sample of economics and engineering students found that
each student had 7-10 books. Critical capacity building
needs in the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) were
addressed through a strategy based on linking with selected
universities outside the country. Libraries and reading
space serving the faculties of agriculture, architecture,
economics, veterinary science and medicine were expanded.
Overall, about 50 percent of the university infrastructure
was rehabilitated as planned. |
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