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…
By Nick Clark, Editor World Education News & Reviews, and Caroline Ausukuya, Area Specialist for English-Speaking Africa & the Caribbean CLICK TO READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN NIGERIANigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with approximately double the population of both Ethiopia…
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…
ACCESS OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN NIGERIANational Universities Commission The National Universities Commission (NUC), Nigeria’s higher education funding and regulatory body, has been producing an annual ranking of Nigerian universities for a number of years. In its 2005 ranking, the NUC assessed research output…
By William Saint, Teresa A. Hartnett, and Erich Strassner From a global perspective, economic and social developments are increasingly driven by the advancement and application of knowledge. Education in general, and higher education in particular, are fundamental to the construction of a knowledge economy and…