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Download full textAmutuhaire, Tibelius – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2023
The 1998 UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in Paris recommended that global higher education institutions should internationalize and reduce inequalities between developed and emerging countries. Since then, universities strive to incorporate an international dimension in their service. The aim was initially guided by the 20th century…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Higher Education, Global Approach
Direct linkSeetanah, Boopendra; Teeroovengadum, Viraiyan – Policy Reviews in Higher Education, 2019
This study investigates the impact of higher education on economic growth and is based on a sample of 18 African economies over the time period 1980-2015. The research makes use of a Panel Vector Autoregression (PVAR) framework to account for potential dynamic and endogenous relationship in modelling of the tertiary education-growth nexus. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Economic Development, Economic Impact
Global Partnership for Education, 2018
This report was commissioned by the Global Partnership for Education's Secretariat to take stock of how disability and inclusive education are in included in education sector plans (ESPs) in 51 countries, including GPE-funded programs, such as education sector program implementation grants (ESPIGs), program documents (PADs), implementation…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Special Education, Foreign Countries
Global Partnership for Education, 2017
Since the World Education Forum in Dakar in 2000, efforts and commitments at both national and international levels have brought significant progress in education systems with a view to reducing inequity between girls and boys. Among the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) partner developing countries, the primary Gross Enrollment Rate (GER)…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Gender Issues, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
Richmond, Edmun B. – 1986
A study compares the adult functional literacy campaigns and programs developed in seven African nations: the Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, and Seychelles. After an introductory chapter outlining the background of African adult functional literacy efforts and some of the constraints on them, the second chapter gives an overview of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, African Languages, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Richmond, Edmun B. – 1983
During colonial times, education in Africa was based on the European system of education, and the European languages remained the only languages taught in schools. These languages were often taught by poorly trained teachers who passed their errors on to students. Major policy revisions and modifications in language education, teacher training,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Colonialism, Comparative Education, Cultural Context
