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Title:Higher education in Africa: toward a new conception
Author:Adwere-Boamah, Joseph
Year:1972
Periodical:Genève-Afrique: acta africana
Volume:11
Issue:2
Pages:62-76
Language:English
Geographic term:Subsaharan Africa
Subject:higher education
Abstract:The purpose of this article on formal education in African countries is the articulation by means of analysis, of some ideas that can be used as a framework for new educational programs in developing nations. The author hopes that this exercise may generate some thinking and discussion on African education and contribute toward that critical dialogue regarding educational goals and planning in the new nations. Sections: Education in Africa today - Planning for status quo? The Trojan horse in Africa - Inequities of colonial education - The hidden functions of the schools - The need for educational change in African countries - Toward a strategy for change. Notes.
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