Madagascar - A Decade of Reform and Innovation in Higher Education Institutional Capacity-Building in a Developmental Perspective
Higher education in Madagascar was in crisis in the early 1990s. Campuses were taken over by squatters and vandals. Little if any teaching was taking place because senior members of universities could not enter buildings. The quality of education w...
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okr-10986-98422021-04-23T14:02:47Z Madagascar - A Decade of Reform and Innovation in Higher Education Institutional Capacity-Building in a Developmental Perspective Viens, Daniel Lynch, James ACADEMIC AUTONOMY ACADEMIC CONFIDENCE ACADEMIC LIFE ACADEMIC STAFF ACCREDITATION ACCREDITATION SYSTEMS ACHIEVEMENT APPLIED RESEARCH ASSESSMENTS ATTITUDES CURRICULA CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SECTOR DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL REFORM ENROLLMENT EXTERNAL EFFICIENCY FACILITIES FACULTIES FACULTY FORMATIVE EVALUATION GOALS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INSERVICE TRAINING INSTITUTES INSTITUTES OF SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENT ITS KNOWLEDGE LEARNING LECTURES NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATION PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS PEDAGOGIES PEER REVIEW PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF EDUCATION REPETITION RESEARCH RESEARCH FUNDING SCHOOLS SKILLS STAFF DEVELOPMENT STATISTICS STUDENT STUDENT SUPPORT STUDENTS TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING GROUPS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING STAFF TECHNOLOGY TRAINING UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY VALUES Higher education in Madagascar was in crisis in the early 1990s. Campuses were taken over by squatters and vandals. Little if any teaching was taking place because senior members of universities could not enter buildings. The quality of education was extremely low, with little or no research conducted, the staff demoralized, and the students alienated. Enrollment rose above 44,000 due to "eternal students" who were paid a grant for as long as they stayed in university. Students repeated course years as many as five times. The internal efficiency of institutions was approximately 30 percent, and external efficiency was less than 10 percent in many faculties and departments. Curricula and teaching methods were outdated and there was no system for evaluating of the institutions' performance. A large portion of the public financing was being wasted. Yet higher education was recognized by the government and the World Bank as being indispensable for generating the human resources needed for economic development and poverty alleviation. This article traces the development of a strategic partnership in higher education between the Government of Madagascar, the World Bank and other donors over a period of almost ten years. 2012-08-13T09:40:41Z 2012-08-13T09:40:41Z 2000-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/12384531/madagascar-decade-reform-innovation-higher-education-institutional-capacity-building-developmental-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9842 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 159 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Madagascar |
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ACADEMIC AUTONOMY ACADEMIC CONFIDENCE ACADEMIC LIFE ACADEMIC STAFF ACCREDITATION ACCREDITATION SYSTEMS ACHIEVEMENT APPLIED RESEARCH ASSESSMENTS ATTITUDES CURRICULA CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SECTOR DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL REFORM ENROLLMENT EXTERNAL EFFICIENCY FACILITIES FACULTIES FACULTY FORMATIVE EVALUATION GOALS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INSERVICE TRAINING INSTITUTES INSTITUTES OF SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENT ITS KNOWLEDGE LEARNING LECTURES NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATION PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS PEDAGOGIES PEER REVIEW PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF EDUCATION REPETITION RESEARCH RESEARCH FUNDING SCHOOLS SKILLS STAFF DEVELOPMENT STATISTICS STUDENT STUDENT SUPPORT STUDENTS TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING GROUPS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING STAFF TECHNOLOGY TRAINING UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY VALUES Viens, Daniel Lynch, James Madagascar - A Decade of Reform and Innovation in Higher Education Institutional Capacity-Building in a Developmental Perspective |
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Higher education in Madagascar was in
crisis in the early 1990s. Campuses were taken over by
squatters and vandals. Little if any teaching was taking
place because senior members of universities could not enter
buildings. The quality of education was extremely low, with
little or no research conducted, the staff demoralized, and
the students alienated. Enrollment rose above 44,000 due to
"eternal students" who were paid a grant for as
long as they stayed in university. Students repeated course
years as many as five times. The internal efficiency of
institutions was approximately 30 percent, and external
efficiency was less than 10 percent in many faculties and
departments. Curricula and teaching methods were outdated
and there was no system for evaluating of the
institutions' performance. A large portion of the
public financing was being wasted. Yet higher education was
recognized by the government and the World Bank as being
indispensable for generating the human resources needed for
economic development and poverty alleviation. This article
traces the development of a strategic partnership in higher
education between the Government of Madagascar, the World
Bank and other donors over a period of almost ten years. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Viens, Daniel Lynch, James |
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Viens, Daniel Lynch, James |
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Viens, Daniel |
| title |
Madagascar - A Decade of Reform and Innovation in Higher Education Institutional Capacity-Building in a Developmental Perspective |
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Madagascar - A Decade of Reform and Innovation in Higher Education Institutional Capacity-Building in a Developmental Perspective |
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Madagascar - A Decade of Reform and Innovation in Higher Education Institutional Capacity-Building in a Developmental Perspective |
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Madagascar - A Decade of Reform and Innovation in Higher Education Institutional Capacity-Building in a Developmental Perspective |
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Madagascar - A Decade of Reform and Innovation in Higher Education Institutional Capacity-Building in a Developmental Perspective |
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madagascar - a decade of reform and innovation in higher education institutional capacity-building in a developmental perspective |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/12384531/madagascar-decade-reform-innovation-higher-education-institutional-capacity-building-developmental-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9842 |
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