Regional Stakeholders Across Africa Agree on Need for Improved Quality in Higher Ed, Closer Cross-Border Collaboration Positive tones emerged from the 6th International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Africa, held in Bujumbura, Burundi. As the quality of African higher education remains under…
Regional Brain Drain or Brain Circulation? In 2010/11, there were 2.9 million tertiary-educated migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa living in OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries. Some 450,000 had arrived there in the previous five years. For years, debate has centered on how the…
Regional East African Credit Transfer System Moves Closer to Reality The five signatory countries to the East African Community have taken their biggest step yet towards harmonizing higher education by crafting a draft credit transfer system and a qualifications model. The new qualifications system –…
Regional Big Increase in Number of Chinese Scholarships By the end of 2013, there were more than 35,000 African students in China and most of them were beneficiaries of Chinese government scholarships. Overall Chinese government scholarships increased from about 10,000 in 2007 to about 33,000…
Benin Three-Month Lecturer Strike Ends Universities in Benin have reopened after a more than three-month public sector strike ended in May. Lecturers had come under pressure to resume work, and some of their demands had been met, with the rest still under review by the…