Governance and Management within Diversity in African Higher Education

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Governance and Management withinDiversity in African Higher

Education

Peter OkebukolaPresident, Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI-Africa), former Executive Secretary, National Universities

Commission, Nigeria

Dubrovnik, October 14, 2011


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Why perspectives from Africa?

In a globalised world we need toknow what our neighbours aredoing

Learn from each others good

practices

Network to improve practice

Students and staff from Africaare now in most countries of theworld.


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Round the paper in 30 minutes

Describe the diversity in highereducation in Africa andimplications for management and

governance Highlight current efforts at

harmonisation while retaining theuniqueness of institutions

Identify possible areas ofcollaboration for UNESCO Chairs inhigher education


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Some statistics 2,302 higher education

institutions (7% of worldstotal)

Enrolling 6.2 million students

39% female enrolment Less than 20% in science,

engineering and technology

Contributes about 3% to theglobal scholarly literature

A handful of Nobel Prizewinners


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Diversity in Higher Education inAfrica


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Factors inducing Diversity

Linguistic orientation

Race

Proprietorship Gender

Technology


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Linguistic Diversity

Anglophone

Francophone

Lusophone Arabophone
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Racial Diversity

South AfricaMID-YEAR POPULATION ESTIMATES 2011

Population

groupNumber % of total

African 40 206 275 79.5%White 4 565 825 9.0%Coloured 4 539 790 9.0%Indian/Asian 1 274 867 2.5%TOTAL 50 586 757 100%


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Proprietorship

Public=72%

Private=28%


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Gender

Male=61%

Female=39%


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Impact of Diversity

Inhibition of partnership and resource

sharing

Enhanced creativity and innovativeness


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On the march towardsharmonisation

Arusha Convention

Introduction of the African Credit Transfer System

African Higher Education and Research Space

(AHERS) LMD Reform in Francophone Countries

African Quality Rating Mechanism

Regional Quality Assurance Framework Creating Regional Centres of Excellence

The Pan African University

The Panafrican Institute of University Governance


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Five Regional Conventions

Latin America and Caribbean (1974),

Arab States (1978),

Europe (1979),Africa (1981)Arusha Convention

Asia and Pacific (1983)


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Arusha Convention meant to..

contribute to UNESCOs effortstowards promotion of internationalacademic mobility

improve quality of higher educationand

contribute more effectively to theprocess of sustainable humandevelopment.


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Thrust of Arusha Convention

Gives general guidelines to facilitate theimplementation of regional co-operationin the area of recognition of studies and

degrees through national, bilateral, sub-regional and regional mechanisms alreadyin place or created for this purpose.


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The academic recognition covers

qualifications giving access to highereducation

recognition of the partial studies

complete stages of higher studies


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Commitments of Contracting States

Currently, there are 20 contracting Statesand the Holy See


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Commitments of non-contractingStates

Kenya and South Africa which have not yet ratified theconvention have established very effective systems ofaccreditation, quality assurance and recognition of

At least 19 countries which have not ratified the

convention are playing a major role in theimplementation of the Arusha convention through sub-regional bodies in charge of recognition like the Africanand Malagasy Council for Higher education (CAMES), theSADC (Southern Africa Development Community)

Technical Committee on Accreditation and Certificationand the Inter-University Council for East Africa.


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Mechanisms for implementation

national level by national bodies

sub-regional level by sub-regional andbilateral organizations.

regional level by the regional committee incharge of the application of convention


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Other Major Initiatives

Introduction of the African Credit Transfer System

African Higher Education and Research Space(AHERS)

LMD Reform in Francophone Countries

African Quality Rating Mechanism

Regional Quality Assurance Framework

Creating Regional Centres of Excellence The Pan African University

The Panafrican Institute of University Governance


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Areas of possible collaboration

Collaboration on global research agenda alongside on-going national efforts (diversity, autonomy, innovativeresourcing/financing, ODL, )

Collaboration on global quality assurance in highereducation

Establishment of a database of experts in highereducation

Collaboration in teaching

Capacity building to improve teaching and research

Development of Guidelines for Private Provision ofHigher Education

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Areas of possible collaboration-contd

Documentation of Higher Education Governance andManagement Practices across the world

Development of models for fostering academic and culturalexchange in higher education between Africa and Europe

Partnerships with centres of excellence in Africa in the areaof higher education governance and management

Joint development of grant proposals on projects involvingAfrican, Asian and European higher education systems

Comparisons of the Bologna Process with the African HigherEducation and Research Space

Establishment of a Global Network of UNESCO Chairs inHigher education

Hosting of a Journal on Higher Education


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Just before I go

Thanks to the Rector University of

Zagreb for hosting the conference

Email: [email protected]

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