Regional European Commission Launches Portal for Qualifications Framework The European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF) has been designed to provide a common reference framework to assist in the comparison of the various different European national qualifications systems, frameworks and levels. The portal is being…
Egypt Egyptian Higher Education as a Model for Africa and Middle East According to Dr Alaa Ibrahim of the American University in Cairo, higher education in Egypt is set to become a model for Africa and the Middle East as a result of the popular…
Kazakhstan Kazakh Schools Getting A Kazakh Facelift Many Russian-language schools in Kazakhstan are being turned into Kazakh-language schools for the new academic year beginning on September 1. It’s all part of what can be called the “Kazakh-ification” of a nation seeking to restore its national…
Kate Ashcroft and Philip Rayner The Ethiopian Government gives higher education a central position in its strategy for social and economic development. This has some advantages (for example 40 percent of the education budget goes on higher education) but also disadvantages. Ethiopia has radically expanded…
By Jennifer Onyukwu, Educational Advisor, EducationUSA Nigeria CLICK TO READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN NIGERIAOverview The Federal Republic of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country is in the West African sub-region, bordered by Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the…