Working Toward Concrete Solutions
According to UNESCO “By 2003, current estimates indicated that ‘the historic threshold of 100 million students worldwide has been crossed and the prospect of reaching the figure of 125 million students will be attained before 2020.” (UNESCO, 2003)
This sounds impressive but is it really so when we have over 6.6 billion people (over 9 billion people by 2050)? What about non-traditional learners? Who is left out of educational opportunity? Too many people. I believe, this is why our discussion is very important. I hope this discussion will help us come up with a strategy which will provide a framework for the necessary policy development and regulations. I’d like to make a few suggestions:
- need to identify the stakeholders and their roles (i.e., governments, accreditation organizations, private institutions, NGOs, community leaders, parents, and students).
- need to come up with ideas or solutions to overcome the challenges.
- need to identify resources to meet these challenges (i.e., economic incentives for private education operators).
- need to have clear policies and regulations to make sure the quality of education is measured and assessed (i.e., a diploma should be acceptable to any country).
Dennis Anderson
http://dennis-anderson.blogspot.com
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Adjusting New Approaches within LDCs Structural Reforms
Local investors now express call for support. In concrete terms investors continuously ask for measures that facilitate long term financing and land concessions. Consequently, national authorities are faced with demands to identify appropriate legislative and administrative instruments supporting private education.
It is of no doubt that concerned national government authority in many LDCs need strategic assistance to fine-tune regulatory frameworks of private education within the overall financial and economic reconstruction policies. Likewise, policy makers responsible for public financial management reforms are called upon to consider the establishment of national pilots designed to support potential schools and colleges to examine validity of different approaches
Both approaches constitute a chance for success.
Badreldin Elhagmusa , Andulus Educational, White Nile ,Sudan
Posted by: Badreldin Elhagmusa | Nov 8, 2008 10:03:41 AM