Education
Beyond numbers: time to make quality a top priority in African schools
International concern on education in Africa obsesses over numbers even as most African children who leave school are barely literate
Uganda’s curriculum is failing English instruction in rural schools
English language targets in Uganda's curriculum are unrealistic in poorly-resourced government rural schools and fall below what's required to learn the language
Educating the Commonwealth
Education remains an exception, and Commonwealth leaders must make schooling a top priority or jeopardize their goal of delivering peace and prosperity.
Uganda consumer prices rose 4.8% in October
Uganda consumer prices rose in October by the least in eleven months, as a slowdown in education fees brought down services inflation
Are graduates prepared for the job market? Rethinking Africa’s university model
Seth Trudeau, African Leadership University and Keno Omu, African Leadership University Across Africa, students arrive on campuses full of hope that a university degree will improve their lives. The reality is far less certain. In 2014, a British Council study estimated Nigeria’s graduate unemployment at 23.1%. In Kenya, it takes an average of five years
Makerere ranked among world’s top 50 in development studies
In case you are interested in getting a world-class development studies degree - against the wishes of our leaders, it should be noted - then you cannot do better than Makerere if you are in Uganda.
Traditional universities are on the way out: online is the future for Africa
Research suggests that the traditional university has seen its heyday and can no longer survive the changes in today’s world
Makerere drops in latest global university ranking, but moves up in Africa
The latest ranking of the world's top universities, released on Wednesday, places Makerere University in the 401-500 band of the 980 institutions ranked. Specifically, Makerere is in the 446th position in the Times Higher Education Rankings versus 407 in 2016.
Transforming higher education: first comes knowledge, then curriculum
Most of the best archives and research facilities are located in the global north. There, research budgets are more than generous. Comparatively, Africa’s research budgets are chronically low; research and development makes up a tiny portion of countries' GDPs.More Education
6 September 2016
Makerere slips in global ranking of top universities
Uganda's flagship university, Makerere, has fallen five places in the latest ranking of the world's top universities released today. Makerere is 762 in the 2016 rankings compiled by higher education research firm QS. It was 753 last year.