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…
The three most-watched world university rankings are released every year between August and October in what has become known as ‘rankings season.’ Invariably the headlines focus on U.S. and UK dominance, with a few paragraphs saved for universities from other regions that have performed well….
By Nick Clark, Editor, WENR, and Sulaf Al-Shaikhly, Area Specialist, Asia & Middle East, WES CLICK TO READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN EGYPT In this article, we offer an introduction to the education system of Egypt, with insight on how best to evaluate…