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| Title: | African Experience with Higher Education: Current Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges for the Future |
| Authors: | Adeyinka, AA |
| Issue Date: | 14-Jan-2008 |
| Abstract: | This paper provides an outline of the development of university education in Africa, focusing on the earliest roles of the Christian missionaries. It highlights the process of transformation of the training colleges in Sierra Leone, Cape of Good Hope and Stellenboch to full-fledged universities – Fourah Bay College, UNISA and Fort Hare. Thereafter, the paper outlines the major issues in the growth and development of the African university system, with considerable emphasis on the emergence of private higher educational institutions and the opportunities, nstraints and challenges for future development. An integral part of the paper was the analysis and presentation of ideas
provided by staff of the University of Botswana, on the opportunities, constraints and challenges for future development of the University of Botswana. |
| Description: | This discussion paper was part of the Tertiary Education Research Seminar at University of Botswana, delivered 6 September, 2007 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/158 |
| Appears in Collections: | Conference papers and presentations (Educational Foundations)
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