USA Africa Dialogue Series - The State of Schools and College Education in African Societies

THIS WEEK'S TOPIC OF DISCUSSION:
The State of Schools and College Education in African Societies

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HOST: DR. SURENDRA KAUSHIK

 

The World Bank/UNESCO Task Force on Higher Education and Society produced a report on the state of higher education in developing countries throughout the world, decrying the lack of facilities and outmoded curricula. The report also concluded the investment in primary and secondary education had naturally fueled demand for higher education as well. Eight out of the top ten Universities in Africa are from South Africa; the other two are University of Cairo and Makerere University in Uganda. The highest rated University, the University of Cape Town, ranks 324th in the world in 2011. University of Sao Paulo ranks first in South and America and 43^rd in the world, with schools in Brazil dominating the top 20 in the region. University of the West Indies in Jamaica ranks 39^th in South America and 920^th in the world.

 

University enrollment rates in sub-Saharan Africa are among the lowest in the world, averaging 5%.  Some students described steep attrition in their departments or universities: 85% loss from mathematics in Madagascar, more than 95% loss from mathematics in the Central African Republic, 75% in Niger, 60% in Uganda. These rates are not likely representative of the continent as a whole but they suggest high dropout rates in many countries.

 

A third of all sub-Saharan university students (1 million) are in Nigeria... Click here to read more: http://www.africanviews.org/component/content/article/1021-womens-education/48539-the-state-of-schools-and-college-education-in-african-countries