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Admission into Graduate Programmes of English Language Education: A Critical Comparative Exploration
Direct linkSeyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini; Mojgan Afifezadeh; Leila Tajik – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2024
This paper investigates admission procedures of Master of Arts programs of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (MA TEFL) in Iran in comparison with universities around the world. Along with a view of the centralised national MA TEFL entrance exam held in Iran during the past three decades, we investigated admission requirements for comparable…
Descriptors: College Admission, Graduate Students, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
Osman, Hussein Elsayed – Bulletin of the Association of African Universities, 1974
In light of the need for agricultural specialists in Africa the author analyzes various models for graduate agricultural education in relationship to the stages of development of the agricultural industry and discusses several means of insuring standards: entry qualifications, integration of course work into the program, staffing, and laboratory…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Agricultural Education, Degree Requirements, Developing Nations
Unoh, S. O. – West African Journal of Education, 1975
The rationale for teaching reading and language arts in West African elementary schools and for training teachers, what training should consist of, selection of trainees, and where and by whom it should be given are outlined. Such programs, the author says, are not now available in West Africa. (JT)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedKularatne, E. D. T. – Education for Information, 1985
Describes the role of sub-professionals in the library profession in developing countries and discusses admissions requirements, course duration, and content of education and training programs for paraprofessionals. Ways of improving the teaching programs and career prospects of sub-professionals are suggested. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Course Content, Developing Nations, Educational Improvement
Download full textSebatane, E. Molapi – 1975
The University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS) is a regional four-year liberal arts university influenced by the British educational system. Admission to UBLS is contingent on: (1) scoring high on the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC), (2) scoring high on the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Examination, (3) scoring high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria
Adey, David, Comp.; And Others – 1987
Seventeen papers from the University of South Africa's Conference on Distance Education are presented. They include: "Establishing a Formal Student Support System--Time Is of the Essence" (Karen Hinrichs); "A Student Services Unit in a Distance Education Institution" (Hendrik Gous); "Distance Education and the Community:…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Admission Criteria, Disabilities, Discussion Groups
Peer reviewedYoung, M. Crawford – Comparative Education Review, 1981
Examines how ethnic conflict in society and in the institution itself is impacting on the African university. (SJL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Entrance Examinations, College Environment
Peer reviewedCourt, D. – Higher Education, 1980
Some instructive experience about the potential and limits of a meaningful role for African universities in the 1980s is discussed. The challenge of the 1980s is to convince African governments and national populations that university contributions to national development lie in the ability to train minds and a thinking society. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Role, Community Development, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedEdoka, B. Eziukwu – Information Development, 1987
Highlights trends in educational programs for library, archival, and information services in Anglophone West Africa since the recommendations of the Seminar on Public Library Development in Africa, held in Ibadan in 1953. Both professional and paraprofessional education are discussed, and needed resources are identified. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Admission Criteria, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
ZACK, ARNOLD – 1964
THIS STUDY DISCUSSES THE POLITICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC ROLE OF TRADE UNIONS IN DEVELOPING NATIONS, EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING NEEDS OF UNIONISTS, LEADERSHIP TRAINING METHODS (OVERSEAS TOURS, REGIONAL COURSES, RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS), ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS, CURRICULUM PLANNING, EFFECTS OF SPONSOR OBJECTIVES, THE SELECTION OF STAFF AND PARTICIPANTS,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Curriculum, Developing Nations, Educational Needs
Thijs, G. D., Ed. – 1982
A workshop was organized to: (1) exchange ideas, views, teaching materials, and experiences between all individuals involved in present science education projects; (2) familiarize staff of the Lesotho Science Pre-Entry Course (LESPEC) with the working situation in these types of projects; and (3) start discussions of policy matters related to the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, English Instruction
Kelly, Gail P. – 1984
One of a series of papers on comparative education, this report considers curriculum and student life under colonialism through an examination of school knowledge in French West Africa in the first decades of the twentieth century. The monograph is divided into three parts. Part one describes the educational system of interwar West Africa. It…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), African History, Colonialism
Clark, Burton R., Ed. – 1985
The relation between secondary and higher education is considered by 10 different authors in 10 country/area profiles: United States, England and Wales, France, West Germany, Sweden, Japan, the People's Republic of China, Latin America, and Africa. The systems of secondary and higher education are detailed for each country. The question of how the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Attendance
