Overseas Training and National Development Objectives in Sub-Saharan Africa

Moock, Joyce Lewinger

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“…This is mainly because education and human capital have been found to have a positive and significant effect on economic growth [67], [2], [3]. Education reduces fertility rates [38], improves health, and enhances social and political participation [27]. There is increasing empirical evidence that education matters, not only for the personal development, health status, social inclusion and labour market prospects of individual learners, but also for the broader economic performance of countries [45], [46].…”

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Government Education Spending and Education Outcome in Nigeria

Obi¹

2016

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Abstract:Expenditure on education is regarded as investment in human capital because it helps in skill formation and thus raises the ability to work and produce more. Government education spending is of great importance to national development and plays a critical role in promoting growth and knowledge deepening. This paper examines government education spending and education outcome in Nigeria from 1970 -2013. Employing Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) unit root test and Ordinary Least Square (OLS) technique, the study revealed that public education spending has a positive and significant effect on education outcome in Nigeria. Public health expenditure and urban population growth were also found to have positive effects on education outcome but are non significant in determining education outcome. The study recommends among other things, that government should spend more on education which needs to be targeted for the desired effects to be realized. Again government should monitor spending given the history of corruption and embezzlement of public funds in Nigeria.

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Government Education Spending and Education Outcome in Nigeria

Obi¹

2016

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“…After completing specialized training abroad, fellowship recipients were expected to return home to help train future generations and contribute to development. However, foreign assistance for fellowships dried up in the 1980s as the development community realized that many students were not returning home and that investments in study abroad were not improving human capital in developing countries as expected (Moock, 1984; Myers, 1972).…”

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Why Do Countries Differ in Their Rates of Outbound Student Mobility?

Kritz

2015

Journal of Studies in International Education

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International student mobility has increased rapidly since 1975. This article examined country differences in outbound student mobility and the correlates of those differences. Previous studies have addressed this question but differ in their conclusions depending on whether they focus on factors associated with student outflows or inflows. UNESCO data were used to examine student outflows from 190 countries and evaluate the merits of the constrained-schooling thesis, which holds that students go abroad because they lack study opportunities at home. Ordinary least squares regression models estimated the relative importance of country structural factors in shaping the country’s outbound mobility ratios. The models showed that outbound student mobility was negatively and significantly related to sending country tertiary supply but not to tertiary demand net of other factors. Countries with large populations had fewer students abroad, but small ones had significantly more students abroad if they had less tertiary supply. Countries with higher gross domestic product per capita as well as North countries, in general, were found to have more students abroad. Spanish and Portuguese language countries have fewer students abroad compared with other countries.

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“…Kiswahili replaced English as the national language and the medium of instruction for all educational levels, except the university (where Kiswahili was still used as the official language for the University Council business, for the Convocation, and the preferred and expected medium of private conversation for indigenous staff and progressive expatriate academics); the first three nationals were promoted to the rank of full professor, and the leadership post of Vice-Chancellor was given to a more progressive individual who was formerly the national party secretary; but, more importantly, the trend to adapt curricula to African situations and needs was being further established [16]. Hence, practice elsewhere in Africa or in developed countries did not constitute a strong argument for granting academic status to librarians at universities in Tanzania.…”

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Academic Status for University Librarians in Tanzania: Challenges and Prospects

Newa¹

1989

Library Review

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Overseas Training and National Development Objectives in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 12 publications

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Government Education Spending and Education Outcome in Nigeria

Government Education Spending and Education Outcome in Nigeria

Why Do Countries Differ in Their Rates of Outbound Student Mobility?

Academic Status for University Librarians in Tanzania: Challenges and Prospects

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