The Conversation AfricaEducation Where Kenya is spending money on education -- and what's missingtheconversation.com - Moses Ngware There’s conclusive evidence that education improves societal well-being. For this reason societies invest heavily in inclusive and quality education. …
The Conversation AfricaEducation Digital training can help supervisors lift PhD outputtheconversation.com - Jan Botha and Gabriele Beata Vilyte and Miné de Klerk Several African countries have increased the number of new universities and increased enrolments as part of an effort to boost tertiary education and …
The Conversation AfricaIcon version of the Flipboard logoEducation How digital training can help supervisors lift PhD outputtheconversation.com - Jan Botha and Gabriele Beata Vilyte and Miné de Klerk Several African countries have increased the number of new universities and increased enrolments as part of an effort to boost tertiary education and …
The Conversation AfricaEducation South Africa must up its game and produce more teacherstheconversation.com - Mncedisi Maphalala and Nhlanhla Mpofu A UNESCO report, which examined the number of teachers that each country needs, found that sub-Saharan Africa needs an additional 6,3 million …
The Conversation AfricaEducation How WhatsApp groups support Nigeria's nurse graduatestheconversation.com - Ademola Johnson Ajuwon and Christoph Pimmer Around 12,000 students are enrolled in Nigeria’s nursing schools each year. As it is in many health professions, these students often find it …
The Conversation AfricaEducation Tanzanian girls need support, not threats, to avoid pregnancytheconversation.com - Kate Pincock Teenage girls in Tanzania are routinely excluded from school if they become pregnant and are prevented from returning to complete their education. …
The Conversation AfricaHigher Education South Africa takes steps to assure the quality of its doctoratestheconversation.com - Sioux McKenna Around the world there has been a massive increase in demand for doctoral education. This mostly stems from the idea that the “knowledge economy” …
The Conversation AfricaEducation Why PhDs are good -- for individuals, and for a countrytheconversation.com - Brenda Wingfield What is the value of a PhD? Is there a need in a developing world country to undertake a PhD study? It’s expensive (around R1 million per graduate) …
The Conversation AfricaEducation Preschools in Kenya and Tanzania boost learning outcomes in the long runtheconversation.com - Jan Bietenbeck Countries across sub-Saharan Africa have made impressive progress towards achieving universal school enrolment over the past few decades. But …
The Conversation AfricaEducation How Creative Commons works, and why it enables access to knowledgetheconversation.com - Denise Rosemary Nicholson A big barrier to lifelong learning can be the cost of resources. There are worldwide initiatives to change this, though, and it’s helpful to know how …
The Conversation AfricaEducation Why Ghana's plans to reform its legal profession are flawedtheconversation.com - Clement Kojo Akapame The way Ghana produces lawyers is in a confused state. And it’s beginning to be felt in the legal profession in general. The fact that the government …
The Conversation AfricaHigher Education The power of the purse threatens academic freedom in Kenya's universitiestheconversation.com - Ishmael Munene Academic freedom is the right enjoyed by university teachers to teach, research and write in their areas of expertise without fear of retribution by …
The Conversation AfricaEducation Too hungry to go to class: South Africa's university students need better supporttheconversation.com - Stella Sabi The South African university student population has changed over the past 20 years to reflect wider society more closely than before. It’s no …
The Conversation AfricaLanguage Learning Why Uganda's English language policy is failing rural childrentheconversation.com - Medadi Ssentanda Uganda’s language policy requires that rural schools should choose a dominant local language to use as the language of learning and teaching for the …
The Conversation Africa Parenting in Ethiopia: lessons on raising children under tough conditionstheconversation.com - Catherine Porter and Wei Fan Investments made in early childhood last a lifetime, and the earlier in life, the greater the return, according to James Heckman who was awarded a …
The Conversation Africa Why having both male and female teachers is a good idea for schoolstheconversation.com - Deevia Bhana and Kevin F. McGrath and Penny Van Bergen and Shaaista Moosa In South Africa, one in five teachers in the foundation phase – roughly from ages 6 to 9 – are male. This is consistent with a global trend that see …
The Conversation Africa South Africans prefer their children to be taught in Englishtheconversation.com - Steven Gordon and Jaqueline Harvey English is only one of 11 official languages spoken in South Africa. It’s currently the preferred language of education and is used in many of the …
The Conversation Africa Student hunger at South African universities needs more attentiontheconversation.com - Marc Wegerif and Oluwafunmiola Adeniyi Food insecurity at tertiary institutions is aptly described as “the skeleton in universities’ cupboards” because it receives so little attention. …
The Conversation Africa Quality higher education means more than learning how to worktheconversation.com - Patience Mukwambo When people talk about quality education, they’re often referring to the kind of education that gives students the knowledge and skills they need for …
The Conversation Africa New copyright law will benefit South Africans with disabilitiestheconversation.com - Denise Rosemary Nicholson South Africa’s current copyright law was enacted 41 years ago. The Copyright Act No. 98 of 1978 had no provisions for people with disabilities – and …
The Conversation Africa South African teachers switch languages in class: why policy should followtheconversation.com - Michael M. Kretzer If you step into a classroom in South Africa’s Limpopo province during a lesson, you’re very likely to hear the teacher speaking more than one …
The Conversation Africa Scholarly success of African universities: common contributing factorstheconversation.com - David Mba As the start of the northern hemisphere academic year hundreds of thousands of students across Africa head to the airport. The reason for this …
The Conversation Africa What student teachers learn when putting theory into classroom practicetheconversation.com - Nhlanhla Mpofu The preparation of student teachers is a critical aspect of their journey to being professional teachers. And teaching practice – real-world …
The Conversation Africa Universities must teach their budding scientists entrepreneurshiptheconversation.com - Karl Kunert and Christopher Cullis A strong background in science and technology is crucial for students who want to become academic research scientists. But there are many other jobs …
The Conversation Africa African universities battle to attract post-doctoral researchers. Here's whytheconversation.com - Thomas Kariuki Postdoctoral training is vital for new PhD graduates. This is a period of “apprenticeship” for a newly-minted researcher to hone their skills in a …
The Conversation AfricaEducation Ghana needs more efficient spending to fix gaps in educationtheconversation.com - Victor Osei Kwadwo The Millennium Development Goals were announced to the world in the year 2000. They marked a significant milestone in instituting a goal-based …
The Conversation AfricaEducation How schools are kept afloat in Somalilandtheconversation.com - Tobias Gandrup and Kristof Titeca In 1991, following a civil war that led to the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic, the northern part of the country declared itself as the …
The Conversation AfricaEducation Coding in South African schools: what needs to happen to make it worktheconversation.com - Ulrike Rivett South Africa is training a group of teachers to learn how to code and how to teach coding. The subject will be piloted at 1000 schools across five …
The Conversation AfricaEducation Universities in South Africa need to rediscover their higher purposetheconversation.com - Peter Vale and Harry Boyte For over two decades South African higher education has been dominated by three successive and contending waves of thinking and organisation. They …
