20 Jun 2016
Can African Universities Deliver Knowledge for ‘Transforming our World’ Without Decolonizing the Academy? By Hanne Kristine Adriansen
By Hanne Kirstine Adriansen, Aarhus University, Denmark. In the UN document of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Transforming our World: the... Read More
09 May 2016
Weak Institutional Capacity: A Growing Barrier to Reaching the Education Sustainable Development Goal in sub-Saharan Africa By Birger Fredriksen
By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development Institute. A blog posted on April 27th on NORRAG NEWSbite reflected on the massively increased funding... Read More
27 Apr 2016
Funding Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can the Momentum be Maintained During the Current Economic Slowdown? By Birger Fredriksen
By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development Institute. The impact of good quality education on a country’s economic growth is now quite well understood.... Read More
21 Dec 2015
Rebranding TVET to Attract Youth in Ghana: The Use of Competency-Based Training and the National TVET Qualification Framework By Sebastian Deh
By Sebastian Deh, Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Ghana. Rebranding Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to make... Read More
12 Feb 2015
Learning in Africa's Informal Economies, 1965-2015 By Robert Palmer
By Robert Palmer, NORRAG. 50 years ago, in 1965, a young doctoral student called Keith Hart arrived in Ghana to begin his... Read More
06 Oct 2014
Sustaining Literacy in Africa: Developing a Literate Environment By Peter B. Easton
By Peter B. Easton, Florida State University. The goal of achieving widespread and durable literacy in Africa and other target areas of... Read More
02 Oct 2014
Africa Must Invent its Own Economic Model By Albert Damantang Camara
By Albert Damantang Camara, Minister of Technical Education, Vocational Training, Employment and Labour, Guinea. Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) hosted the Third Ministerial Conference... Read More
21 Jul 2014
Demand and Supply of Skills in Ghana: How Can Training Programs Improve Employment? By Peter Darvas
By Peter Darvas, World Bank, and Robert Palmer, Independent Education and Skills Consultant. Ghana’s impressive gains in economic growth and in poverty... Read More
28 Nov 2013
Building Basic Human Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by 2030: A Huge but Feasible Funding Challenge
By Birger Fredriksen, Consultant, formerly World Bank. To build the basic human capital covered by the six EFA goals is an indispensable... Read More
05 Aug 2013
Much Ado about Low-Fee Private Schools
By Modupe Adefeso-Olateju, Education Partnership Center, Nigeria. I recently visited an educational establishment in Lagos to conduct some research. For ease... Read More