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To Teach Critical Thinking or Incorporate Critical Thinking in Teaching-Learning Process

After putting my thoughts together to start writing blogs on education scenario in Ghana, I encouraged myself to start with my own experience of encounters with academia in last few years. One of the topics making round in the academic circle nowadays is critical thinking. Suddenly in the last couple of years, this “new” thinking approach has gained a lot of momentum in content development in private universities of Ghana. By heading one of private colleges here, I was also not left untouched with this force of critical thinking. I have always believed since my early days of career, that to think critically on any of the issues is a way to make effective and well informed decisions. Through my interaction with numerous programme panels across multiple content development and approval processes, I was really energized by the strength in which almost all members emphasized on the importance of teaching Critical Thinking across all undergraduate programmes in Ghana. I also total...

Share of Female Students in Secondary and Tertiary Education in Africa and Decoding Scope for Investment

I have been working on a project of estimating the progression rate of female students from secondary to tertiary level in Africa and the scope of female centric vocational training institutions for women empowerment. Below is an abstract of female participation in some of the countries in East, West and South Africa. Participation and performance of female students has been compared with male and total at the senior secondary (A level) examination in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Botswana and South Africa. Results for the 2016 examination in various countries has been considered for sample study. I thought it to be appropriate to release some of the analysis on International Women’s Day to highlight women’s participation and performance in senior secondary and university education. Share of female students attending senior secondary exams in Rwanda and Botswana has been higher than male in 2015 & 2016. Female participation in pre-tertiary qualifying exam ha...

Scope for new Higher Education Institution in Ghana

Ghana has one of the most promising higher education sectors in Africa, with a significant contribution from private sector. With more than 400,000 students enrolled in the higher education institutions (HEI), country has seen a phenomenal growth in the number of private HEIs in last one decade. In the year 2016-2017 itself number of accredited private tertiary institutions increased to 85 as compared to 75 during the year 2015-2016. This is as per the most recent report on accredited tertiary institutions released by NAB on 12th April 2017. One of the most interesting fact to note from the report is that during 2016, twelve (12) new accredited private HEIs were approved by NAB to offer tertiary programs. This gives an indication that there are scope for new HEIs in the country, propelled both by the increase in demand for tertiary education by local students and selection of Ghana as a destination for higher education by other African nationals. Higher Education In...

Education in Africa: An Administrator's Perspective

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