By Yuanyuan Fang, Megha Roy, Alejandro Ortiz, Research & Advisory Services, WES The number of international students from just a few countries on major U.S. campuses has increased to such a level that headlines such as “The University of China at Illinois” have been appearing…
Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews The West African Examination Council (WAEC) conducts examinations in the five Anglophone countries of West Africa. In this article we offer a country-by-country overview of the school systems and corresponding WAEC credentials in Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and…
By Megha Roy, Research & Advisory Services, WES From 2008 to 2012, the number of Nigerian students studying overseas at the tertiary level grew 98 percent (UIS 2012), with 14 percent of the total overseas body attending a U.S. institution of higher education. Enrollments have…
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews ACCESS ARCHIVED WEBINAR ON WAEC EXAMINATIONS Established in 1952, the West African Examinations Council, known commonly as WAEC, is a regional examination body headquartered in Accra, Ghana that conducts standardized school-level examinations in the five Anglophone…
Zhengrong Lu, Research & Advisory Services, WES The World Bank projects that regional GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa will grow more than 5% annually between 2014 and 2016, ensuring that it remains among the fastest growing regions in the world. While students from Sub-Saharan Africa in…