Tertiary education in Sub-Saharan Africa is confronting probably the biggest challenge it will ever face: building up the human capital of a skyrocketing youth population.
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200311121949574
Protracted student protests in South Africa over the past few years gave universities an opportunity to explore online education as an alternative to contact teaching and learning, and have put them in a better position to deal with current shutdowns necessitated by the need to contain COVID-19.
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200325160338881
Evaluating a refugee’s qualifications by using the Qualifications Passport methodology is a three-step procedure: First, all available documentation, including the applicant’s self-assessment, is gathered. Then credential evaluator experts assess the available information. This is followed by a structured interview with two credential evaluation experts, trained in the methodology.
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200108100849618
The new Ethiopian Education Development Roadmap (2018-30) proposes reforms in terms of policy, strategy, governance, delivery, image-building and financing, among others. While the overwhelming list of challenges to be addressed is daunting, the sense of urgency the system and stakeholders in general need to acquire in addressing the impending challenges remains indisputable.
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile.php?story=20190612074425937
African technical universities can help to add value to primary commodities and other natural resources, support economic transformation, provide technology solutions to small and medium enterprises, and contribute to wealth creation as part of enhancing technical and vocational education and training, or TVET, on the continent.
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20170521075334982
Open Universities Australia’s (OUA) MOOC platform, Open2Study, has reached 100,000 enrolments — with 53,000 students from more than 180 countries – since its launch in April 2013. 32 courses are available on the platform, with 60% of enrolments now from overseas nations (the top 5 are from the US, India, the UK, Spain and Canada).
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20131029072955369
