ERIC Number: EJ1338308
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1537-873X
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Higher Education Strategic Planning in Mozambique
Zimbico, Octavio Jose
Educational Planning, v28 n4 p25-41 2021
This study is aimed at analyzing trends of gender equity in admission and graduation, during the twenty years (2000-2020) of higher education (HE) strategic planning in Mozambique, to ascertain the extent to which gender equity is being achieved. I also examined a possible association between admission and graduation rates. To address these trends, I adopted a basic research design with three characteristics: quantitative, descriptive, and correlational. The sample consisted of the entire population of students, from public and private higher education institutes. The main conclusions are: (1) male students outnumber female ones, in admission and graduation although in 2011 and 2018 female students outnumbered slightly male ones. This means that the system fails to promote gender equity in both dimensions; and (2) there is a statistically significance (at [less than or equal to] 0.05) and strong relationship between admission and graduation, meaning that the normal flow of students is under the risk of system congestion since graduation rates are about 63.7% of new admission. The study recommends legal effort to rule gender equity achievements as well to revise admission policy to make it more sensitive to gender equity.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Strategic Planning, College Admission, Equal Education, Gender Bias, Graduation Rate, Correlation, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Gender Differences, School Policy, Sex Fairness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mozambique
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