A Strategic Perspective Analysis of Educational Transformation in Higher Education Institutions in the Middle East and Africa

Abstract

Higher educational institutions globally have gone through phenomenal changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Teaching and learning were disrupted and moved from face-to-face classroom to online mode. Educational institutions in the Middle East and Africa were challenged during this transformational phase that has demanded digital technology and automation in education. The study intends to understand how the educational sector in the middle east and Africa have responded to the demands of technology, as well from the pandemic crisis. Information from various sources and studies published by researchers are referred and analyzed to achieve the objectives of the study. The outcomes reveal that educational institutions have suffered in manifold ways but had profound impact on the Middle East and Africa regions. As a result, transformation in teaching and learning styles moved towards being digitally enabled, requiring built-in infrastructure and investments on technology.