Education in a Transitional Libya

By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews Libya faces significant challenges as it transitions to democracy and begins the process of building a new, post-Muammar Gaddafi nation. One of the most important building blocks will be higher education, and while there currently exist…

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WENR, July/August 2011: Africa

Kenya Government Task Force Recommends New Education Structure A task force asked to realign Kenya’s education system with the (new) Constitution has proposed sweeping changes to the 8-4-4 system of education. The changes include the introduction of a 6-6-3 system of education: six years of…

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Education in Libya

Nick Clark, Assistant Editor, WENR Libya’s population of approximately 5.5 million includes 1.7 million students, over 270,000 of whom study at the tertiary level. In academic year 1975/76 the number of university students was estimated to be 13,418. Today, this number has increased to more…

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