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Kanwar, Asha; Daniel, John – Commonwealth of Learning, 2020
This brief to Ministers of Education provides examples of how governments and institutions made it possible for people to continue their education during the COVID-19 pandemic and identifies factors that contributed to success.
Descriptors: COVID-19, School Closing, Pandemics, Access to Education
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Taukeni, Simon; Matshidiso, Taole – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
In this comparative paper we interrogate the access of social grants to meet orphan children school needs in Namibia and South Africa. We noted that the two governments are committed to provide orphan children with social grants to enable them to meet the school needs. However, accessing social grant to benefit most vulnerable orphan children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Needs, Access to Education, Children
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Visser, Herman – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2008
African higher education is currently facing tremendous challenges. The pressure and demand for access is huge. This is understandable against the background of traditionally low participation, low success and throughput rates, declining financial contributions from governments and donors, and critical pressures for efficiency, modernization,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
van der Kooy, R. J. W., Ed. – 1988
This collection of reports examines the current state of development in southern Africa, in general, and in South Africa, in particular. The introduction, "A Development Perspective of Southern Africa" (R. J. W. van der Kooy), briefly reviews the history of southern African development, and discusses purposes, approaches, and progress.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Development, Foreign Countries