Key Factors Hindering the Development of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa – Scoping Review

Krzykawska, Aleksandra; Żur, Agnieszka

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“…A lack of education is a major hindrance that wrecks any hope of future development. The continent has made efforts to improve its educational capacity in different areas, but there remains a huge disparity in the accessibility of education, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (Krzykawska & Żur, 2020). Africa's population explosion has been accompanied by increasing school enrollment numbers, but it is a major challenge to find the resources and qualified teachers necessary to support them.…”

Section: Africa In the Presentmentioning

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Globalization and Africa’s Future Sustainable Development

Falola

2023

Globalization: Past, Present, Future

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Africa is a continent with vast human and material resources, but its progress towards sustainable development has been slow and sometimes discouraging. Some of its challenges have stemmed from its insertion into the global economy and accompanying power structures from at least the fifteenth century. As the continent’s economic progression has not reflected the full value of its assets, Africa houses alarming numbers of impoverished people and nations today. Even as these groups battle political and economic instability, the COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted additional burdens. As a developing continent, Africa must leverage its strengths and match the trajectory of a globalized economy that promises genuine and sustainable development. However, several challenges have created bottlenecks that hinder this agenda, which this work seeks to explore further. This chapter considers the interactions between globalization and sustainable development in Africa, including its state before globalization, the promises of sustainable development, and the benefits globalization and sustainable development may bring to Africa.

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Section: Africa In the Presentmentioning

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Globalization and Africa’s Future Sustainable Development

Falola

2023

Globalization: Past, Present, Future

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Globalization: Past, Present, Future

2023

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Since the end of the Cold War, globalization—the process and the idea—has been reshaping the world. Global studies scholarship has emerged to make sense of the transnational manifestations of globalization: economic, social, cultural, ideological, technological, environmental, and postcolonial. But a series of crises in the first two decades of the twenty-first century has put the neoliberal globalization system of the 1990s under severe strain. Are we witnessing a turn toward “deglobalization,” intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine or a moment of “reglobalization,” spearheaded by digital technology? The contributors to this book employ transdisciplinary research to assess past developments, the current state, and future trajectories of globalization in light of today’s dynamics of insecurity, volatility, and geopolitical tensions.

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“…Galimaka (2008) explored policy gaps in universal primary education that contribute to school dropout in Uganda while Asamoah and Mackin (2015) examined the fetters of higher education in Sub Saharan Africa. Krzykawska and Zur (2020) analysed the factors hindering development of education in Africa. Meanwhile, Okorafor and Nnajiofor (2017) scrutinised the technical and vocational education in Nigeria.…”

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Examining the Access, Quality, and Relevance Gaps in Liberia’s Educational Policy Environment

2024

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In 2015, governments across the globe agreed upon development standards that should be realized by 2030 dubbed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Particularly, SDG-4 aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education, and promotion of lifelong learning opportunities for all. Liberia, like other countries domesticated the SDGs and on the educational front, it aims to provide an educational system that promotes equitable access to quality and relevant education to all. The country’s educational policy environment focuses on promoting the realisation of the SDG-4 goal. This includes Liberia’s Education Reform Act 2011 that was aligned to educational objectives of equitable access to quality and relevant education. In spite of the presence of this policy environment, results seem detached from the expected reality. A number of policy gaps have been noted including limited funds to priority areas, high school dropouts, limited facilities, inappropriate curriculum, limited technological facilities and tools, inadequate trained teaching staff, and limited apprenticeship opportunities, among others. These have consequently affected equitable access to quality and relevant education in the country. In order to mitigate these policy gaps, it is recommended that 20 percent of the national expenditure be allocated and released to the education sector, the education curriculum should be reviewed to emphasise relevant skills, adequate support facilities and tools should be provided to all schools, teachers must be trained, and partnerships with stakeholders harnessed. These interventions are intended to promote an effective educational policy environment that will meet the policy intentions of the country. Introduction

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Key Factors Hindering the Development of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa – Scoping Review

Cited by 4 publications

References 31 publications

Globalization and Africa’s Future Sustainable Development

Globalization and Africa’s Future Sustainable Development

Globalization: Past, Present, Future

Examining the Access, Quality, and Relevance Gaps in Liberia’s Educational Policy Environment

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