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Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Peter Nicolas Materu
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821372734
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Book Synopsis Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Peter Nicolas Materu

Download or read book Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Peter Nicolas Materu and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance in Sub - Sahara Africa, focusing on degree - granting tertiary institutions. A main finding is that structured national - level quality assurance processes in African higher education are a very recent phenomenon and that most countries face major capacity constrains. Only about a third of them have established structured national quality assurance mechanism, often only as recently as during the last ten years. Activities differ in their scope and rigor, ranging from simple licensing of institutions by the minister responsible for higher education, to comprehensive system - wide program accreditation and ranking of institutions. Within institutions of higher learning, self assessment and academic audits are gradually being adopted to supplement traditional quality assurance methods. However, knowledge about and experience with self - assessments are limited. The main challenges to quality assurance system in Africa are cost and human capacity requirements. For countries with large tertiary systems, the report recommends institutional, rather than program accreditation as a cost - effective option. However, where tertiary systems are small and underdeveloped, a less formal self - assessment for each institution may be necessary until the capacity could be strengthened to support a more formal nation quality assurance agency in the long run.

Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Eastern and Southern Africa

Author : Peter Neema-Abooki
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000426386
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Eastern and Southern Africa by : Peter Neema-Abooki

Download or read book Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Eastern and Southern Africa written by Peter Neema-Abooki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the critical aspect of quality assurance maintenance of competitive-standards in African higher education. It explores both the micro and macro-levels of continental African higher education regulatory authorities, and analyses different institutional, regional and national practices for moving towards continental quality assurance approaches. Contributed to by scholars across Eastern and Southern Africa, the book considers conceptual, practical, epistemological and policy dimensions of quality and quality assurance, especially in relation to higher education in Africa. It therefore draws on research and local expertise to open up debate about how to assure and enhance the quality of higher education, providing a comprehensive review of eight countries and considers societal challenges. It aims to satisfy the need of more thoughtful and critical works on African education as produced by African educators. The uniqueness of this book lies in integrating both the theoretical and practical dimensions of quality to devise appropriate strategies for ensuring quality and standards in higher education in continental Africa and beyond. This authoritative book advocates for a timely discussion around the prpvision of good quality higher education and research in African universities, and will be of great interest to academics, policy makers, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of higher education, comparative education and African studies.

Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Peter Nicolas Materu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780821372722
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (727 download)

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Download or read book Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Peter Nicolas Materu and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sustainability of Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Peter Neema-Abooki
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783031462412
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (624 download)

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Book Synopsis The Sustainability of Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Peter Neema-Abooki

Download or read book The Sustainability of Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Peter Neema-Abooki and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delves into the role of higher education as a means of sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Contributions from across the region examine the strategies and technological advances available to enable students to deal with an uncertain future and are organised under two key themes: Curriculum and Teaching and Higher Education and Innovations. The volume brings together theoretical and practical perspectives, relating them to international benchmarks while maintaining the specificities of the African context. It will be of interest to students and scholars as well as practitioners whose work interrogates higher education, quality assurance, and sustainable development goals.

Legal Frameworks for Tertiary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : William Saint
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821381250
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (812 download)

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Book Synopsis Legal Frameworks for Tertiary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa by : William Saint

Download or read book Legal Frameworks for Tertiary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa written by William Saint and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-10-19 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The performance of tertiary educational institutions is heavily influenced by their governance arrangements, management structures, accountability mechanisms, and regulatory environments. 'Legal Frameworks for Tertiary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa' analyzes 70 examples of tertiary education legislation and individual statutes of selected public institutions in 24 Sub-Saharan African countries. It identifies the range of formal governance and management practices for university educational systems set forth in these legal documents. These factors are fundamental for determining the responsiveness, adaptability, and flexibility of tertiary education systems, and ultimately the capacity of these systems to manage change and maintain relevance under continually shifting circumstances. Overall, the analysis finds general tendencies to increase institutional autonomy, to strengthen accountability mechanisms, to shift from appointment to elective representation in the filling of higher governance and management positions, and to expand university links with civil society, the private sector, and regional and international institutions.

Issues in Higher Education

Author : Joel B. Babalola
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Issues in Higher Education written by Joel B. Babalola and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Development of Higher Education in Africa

Author : Alexander W. Wiseman
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781906998
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (819 download)

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Book Synopsis Development of Higher Education in Africa by : Alexander W. Wiseman

Download or read book Development of Higher Education in Africa written by Alexander W. Wiseman and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the International Perspectives on Education and Society series investigates the challenges and prospects for higher education in Africa, especially issues of development, expansion, internationalization, equity, and divergence.

Higher Education in Development

Author : Kate Ashcroft
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1617355437
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Higher Education in Development written by Kate Ashcroft and published by IAP. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will interest readers learning about or developing strategies for improving higher education systems and institutions in developing countries. It provides an insight into sub-Saharan African higher education systems and sets out the ways that they are developing and changing. It explores the dilemmas inherent in a context of scarce resources with increasing and urgent demands for a more professionalized workforce and expert services. It examines the factors inhibiting development such as HIV/AIDS, gender issues, historical conflicts, cultural attitudes inimical to innovation, the challenges created by poor infrastructure, and the history of colonialism and authoritarianism and their legacy of centralized control and lack of autonomy and democracy. The book explores lessons from research into sub-Saharan African higher education that may be applied to other contexts. The authors have lived and worked in sub-Saharan Africa and the book draws on the authors’ personal experience of higher education in Zambia, Ethiopia, The Yemen and their links in Mozambique and South Africa as well as extensive senior management experience and at the highest level within sub-Saharan higher education systems. It uses actual examples and a reflective ‘case study’ approach to describe reforms, and from these, develops ideas as to how to improve the effectiveness of higher education as a means to fight poverty. The book explores lessons from research into sub-Saharan African higher education that may be applied to other contexts. The authors have lived and worked in sub-Saharan Africa and the book draws on their personal experience of higher education in Zambia, Ethiopia, The Yemen and their links in Mozambique and South Africa. The authors also use their extensive management experience at the highest level within sub-Saharan higher education systems. The book includes actual examples and a reflective ‘case study’ approach to describe reforms, and from these, develops ideas as to how to improve the effectiveness of higher education as a means to fight poverty.

Higher Education Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Association for the Development of Education in Africa. Working Group on Higher Education
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Higher Education Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Association for the Development of Education in Africa. Working Group on Higher Education

Download or read book Higher Education Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Association for the Development of Education in Africa. Working Group on Higher Education and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Challenges of Quality Education in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Author : D. N. Sifuna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenges of Quality Education in Sub-Saharan African Countries written by D. N. Sifuna and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quality is at the heart of all education systems as good quality teaching and learning environments ensure effective learning outcomes. Quality influences what students learn, how well they learn and what benefits they draw from their education. The quest to ensure that students achieve decent learning outcomes and acquire values and skills that help them play a positive role in their societies is an issue on the policy agenda of nearly every country. As many world governments struggle to expand particularly basic education, they also face the challenge of ensuring that students stay in school long enough to acquire the knowledge they need to cope in a rapidly changing world. The purpose of this book is therefore to profile some aspects of education quality in the African education systems and highlight key policies for improving the teaching and learning outcomes. The book is also intended to provide basic information to scholars who are interested in studying education in the Sub-Saharan African region. To enable users understand and appreciate developments, trends and changes that have taken place in the education systems, for most chapters, the book deliberately adopts a historical approach which leads to some focus on developments which date back to the colonial period in Africa.

Funding Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : D. Teferra
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137345780
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Funding Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa written by D. Teferra and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtually all countries in the world are struggling to provide the necessary resources to Higher Education. The challenges are particularly complex for economically poor countries in Africa, which have recorded massive expansion in the past decade. This book analyzes the state of funding and financing higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Quality in African Higher Education

Author : Peter Neema-Abooki
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783031495656
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (956 download)

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Book Synopsis Quality in African Higher Education by : Peter Neema-Abooki

Download or read book Quality in African Higher Education written by Peter Neema-Abooki and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines quality higher education as a stimulus for sustainable development in southern and eastern Africa. Its underlying principle is that quality higher education is indispensable for sustainable development on the continent. The first part of the book discusses the context and need for sustainable development in Africa, using higher education as an impetus. The second part focuses on quality assurance and enhancement processes and mechanisms of African higher education to drive sustainable development. The book will be of interest to researchers of higher education, education management and sustainable development.

Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Keith Hinchliffe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Keith Hinchliffe and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A Study of Developing Countries

Author : David Lim
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351790145
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Book Synopsis Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A Study of Developing Countries by : David Lim

Download or read book Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A Study of Developing Countries written by David Lim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2001. Universities in developing countries have followed their counterparts in developed countries and adopted quality assurance to improve the quality of their activities. This text examines the wisdom of such a move when many of the conditions necessary for its success are not present. It concludes that quality assurance can be useful in developing countries because it shows how a university's seemingly disparate activities are related to one another to serve a common goal and how the quality of these can best be improved by using an integrated approach. Quality assurance also provides more focus and direction to the work of the traditional university system. However, it must be modified to suit the conditions prevailing in developing countries by being simple in design, modest in expectations and realistic in requirements.

Higher Education in Africa

Author : Anne Goujon
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443862762
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Higher Education in Africa written by Anne Goujon and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea that developing all sectors of the educational palette is influential for socio-economic development was adopted later in Sub-Saharan Africa than in other world regions. Most efforts went primarily into developing the first stages of education, and rightly so, for many children could not access education at all. Today, all African governments recognize the importance of higher education and increasingly invest in it. They are facing two major, interlinked challenges: rapid population growth and decline in the quality of education. Indeed, despite fertility decline, the region has been confronted with substantial population growth, which will continue for many decades; as such, there is a necessity to increase investment in education. This, in a situation of limited resources, has been at the expense of the quality and the burgeoning of private institutions of higher education. The contributions here discuss the development, quality, and outcomes of higher education in Africa, with a specific focus on relations between Africa and Europe. Issues related to the mobility of African students and scholars are discussed in several national and international case studies.

Quality Assurance in South African Higher Education

Author : A. H. Strydom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Quality Assurance in South African Higher Education written by A. H. Strydom and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Governance and Transformations of Universities in Africa

Author : Fredrick. M. Nafukho
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623967430
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Book Synopsis Governance and Transformations of Universities in Africa by : Fredrick. M. Nafukho

Download or read book Governance and Transformations of Universities in Africa written by Fredrick. M. Nafukho and published by IAP. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While universities world over are undergoing reforms and change, in the case of African universities as illustrated in this book, the reforms and changes are profound and can best be described as transformative. This book is unique in many ways, which makes it extraordinary. First, unlike other books that have examined issues on higher education in Africa from externalist positions, the contributors to this book are scholars who have been educated, are currently teaching in African universities or have taught in African universities. The book specifically focuses on transformations in the governance of African universities and its implications on equity, entrepreneurship, innovation, quality assurance, information and communication technologies (ICTs), and reform issues in higher education in Africa. The book presents pertinent research on governance in African universities in an experiential and empirical manner. The contributors of the book chapters include individuals actively involved in teaching, researching and governance of higher education institutions in Africa. The chapters are based on empirical data, including review of relevant literature. The book also recognizes that university governance is more than just crisis in financial or economic issues, but includes best management practices, shared governance, meaningful reforms, strategic planning, consultation, transparency and accountability, client (students, lecturers, parents and the public) satisfaction, as well as the role of the university in development. The contributions take cognizance of the fact that governance as a concept is facing fundamental changes in the context of global knowledge economy, and African local conditions. Contributors also take cognizance of the fact that one important source of change in Africa has been the accelerating speed of scientific and technological advancement in learning at universities where lifelong learning programs, adult learning programs, distance and online learning are relatively new. The chapters are also sensitive to new changes in gender, demographical, technological, education reforms, social and economic transformations in the governance of African universities. The book is basically an academic book for use by undergraduates and graduate students at universities, policy makers and formulators in African ministries of Education; supra national organizations, foreign organizations working in Africa, NGOs and CBOs as well as development stakeholders, and community organizers.