| dc.creator | Court, David | |
| dc.creator | Kinyanjui, Kabiru | |
| dc.date | 2011-05-03T12:45:39Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-05-03T12:45:39Z | |
| dc.date | 1988-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T13:10:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T13:10:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Court, David. and Kinyanjui, Kabiru. (1988) Education and development in Sub-Saharan Africa: the operation and impact of education systems. Discussion Paper 286, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/764 | |
| dc.identifier | 32005 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1985 | |
| dc.description | The essence of the problem facing education systems in Africa
is that the expansion of enrolments, in response to public demand, is
exceeding the capacity of African economies to maintain educational
quality. The gap in learning achievements between African students and
those of the industrial countries is widening to unbridgeable proportions.
This extent of educational deficiency has implications for the state of
health, fertility and agricultural productivity of the populace and
threatens a condition of perpetual intellectual dependency. There is an
empirical relationship between educational attainment and the increase
in human well-being and potential but much remains to be learned about
its precise magnitude and the mechanisms that can strengthen it.
Associated with the practical problem of inadequate basic education and the
research problems of incomplete understanding is a shortage of trained
analysts and researchers that make up the problem-solving capability of the
African nations.
The significance of education in the debate about the means of
fostering improvement in Africa lies in the demonstrated relationship
between education and different forms of economic and social development.
From the standpoint of this evidence, it is the low level of investment
in human resources that accounts for much of the stagnation and decline
that are afflicting most African countries. Despite impressive expansion
of education enrolments in the last twenty-five years, there is a need
for more education. The urgent questions facing African governments and
donor agencies are what kind of education should be provided, what policies
should govern its provision, and how can it be financed? This paper
offers a broad review of the condition of education in Africa in an
attempt to provide information and insight that can assist in thinking
about these questions and about the ways in which education can contribute
to development on the continent. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;286 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Education | |
| dc.title | Education and development in Sub-Saharan Africa: the operation and impact of education systems | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
