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Makuwa, Demus K.; Maarse, Jan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
This article highlights the rationale for Namibia's participation in three studies which were conducted under the auspices of the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) during the period 1995-2007. The article provides some of the innovative ways in which the results of the first (SACMEQ I, 1995) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Cwi, Cwisa; Hays, Jennifer – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
This article provides an overview of a mother-tongue education project for the Ju|'hoansi of Nyae Nyae in Namibia--the village schools. These schools are the only places in southern Africa where an Indigenous San community has access to mother-tongue education for 3 years; and are, thus, an important example in the region. However, there are some…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Rural Education, Heritage Education
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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