African Higher Education: Focus on local context.

• Africa have about 1225 officially registered higher education institutions(https://www.4icu.org/Africa/). Some of them are founded by formal colonizers and whileothers through national and local initiatives. The majority of these institutions are Euro-Centric in their approach. This text will investigate briefly what is expected of African highereducation to transform societies to the better.The study is based on analysis of secondary data searched and found from Google Scholar,ERIC, and Primo database. Terms such as Higher education in Africa, African highereducation, possibilities and limitations of African higher education are used for the search.15 articles relevant to the purpose of the study are identified and used.The result of the study shows that African universities need local epistemologies andknowledge production systems to identify, research and propose solutions to localproblems. Teaching and research should take in to consideration social experiences andknowledge of the local communities. Local languages should be considered to undertakeresearch, to distribute knowledge and to secure communities’ engagement.Teachings and research need to address the political unrest, social injustice, economicunderdevelopment and technological backwardness most countries are facing. Focus on thelocal realities and transformation should be prioritized instead of international competitionand commodification of higher education. For transforming higher education to focus onlocal context, there is a need that the management, administration and academic staffstudents as well as the society at large should stand together.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences (hsv//eng)

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Lärarutbildning och pedagogisk yrkesverksamhet

Teacher Education and Education Work

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