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The prevalence of visual impairment (VI) and blindness in Africa is one of the highest in the world; a large proportion of the causes are preventable. The prevalence is particularly high in rural and remote areas, where many of the continent’s inhabitants live. This is of great concern because of the low number and poor distribution of primary eye care practitioners, as well as poor eye care infrastructure services in those areas. Uncorrected refractive errors are a major cause of avoidable...

Aims: To investigate dental caries experience and oral health behavior among 7-15 year old school children attending military and paramilitary primary schools in Benin City.Subjects and methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study included 172 school children. Systematic random sampling method was used to select the participants, administered questionnaires followed by clinical examination based on WHO criteria for dental caries diagnosis.Results: The response rate was 95.6%. Study...

<b>Objective</b><b>: </b>The metabolic syndrome (MetS) has become one of the major public-health challenges worldwide. Early identification of metabolic complications consist an essential target for youth public health. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of MetS and its components among overweight and obese adolescents. <b>Methods: </b>This cross-sectional study concerned 51 overweight and obese adolescents. Anthropometric assessments, blood pressure measurement and biochemical assessment...

In contrast to Australian universities which are dealing with an ageing academic workforce and insufficient new qualified academics to replace retiring academics (Hugo & Morris, 2010; University of Melbourne, 2009), universities in developing countries are facing pressures of many newly qualified academics with little experience in supervision who are facing demands to accept doctoral students . The focus in this paper is on the research supervisors who have the responsibility to guide...

International Higher Education (IHE) publishes insightful, informed, and high-quality commentary and analysis on trends and issues of importance to higher education systems, institutions, and stakeholders around the world.

Just about two years after Nigeria’s independence, the National University Commission (NUC) was established as an advisory agency on higher education in the cabinet office of the First Republic of Nigeria. The NUC was charged with the responsibility of advising government on financial needs of the universities and to handle the planning of a balanced and coordinated development of university education in Nigeria. These functions were further expanded with the enactment of Decree No. 1 of...

Au Togo, le minerai de phosphate extrait à Hahotoé-Kpogamé et traité à Kpémé par l’usine SNPT libère des métaux lourds qui polluent l’environnement. L’objectif de ce travail est d’évaluer la pollution par les métaux lourds des sols et des produits agricoles (maïs) dans quatre localités situées autour de l’usine (Aglomé, Kpémé, Goumoukopé, Séouatchikopé) et dans une localité éloignée (Gbodjomé), choisie comme référence. Au total, 50 échantillons de sols et 50 échantillons de maïs ont été...

Entrepreneurship is viewed as the driving force for economic growth in countries around the world. Entrepreneurs have the ability to spot opportunities in the market where some people will see issues or problems. This in turn helps individuals with a high entrepreneurial propensity to transform and change their communities and economies (Makura, 2008). One of the most interesting places where an untapped potential of entrepreneurial spirit exists is in Africa, and Southern Africa in...

The diminishing financial resources and the growing demand for participation remain the biggest threat to higher education in Ghana. Cognizant of these quagmires and realizing the impact of higher education on national development, the National Union of Ghanaian Students proposed and the government established a special education trust fund called the Ghana Education Trust Fund bill (GETFund) in 2000. Despite these challenges, the GETFund is making significant contributions toward higher...

Some in South Africa has proposed providing free higher education. The implications of free higher education policies are analyzed from a South African perspective.

Mirroring the onset of university student protests around the world, this article analyzes recent student protests at the Tanzanian University of Dar es Salaam and situates this activism in an historical context. While the activism is connected to cost-sharing policies and equity issues arising from country-specific higher education reforms, university student strikes in Tanzania are shown to inform broader dialogues on educational privatization and the Tanzanian university's place within discussions on 'The Global University.'

International Higher Education (IHE) publishes insightful, informed, and high-quality commentary and analysis on trends and issues of importance to higher education systems, institutions, and stakeholders around the world.

International Higher Education (IHE) publishes insightful, informed, and high-quality commentary and analysis on trends and issues of importance to higher education systems, institutions, and stakeholders around the world.

International Higher Education (IHE) publishes insightful, informed, and high-quality commentary and analysis on trends and issues of importance to higher education systems, institutions, and stakeholders around the world.

Over the last decade, Ethiopia has seen a major leap in education enrollment. The private sector has provided a significant contribution to this expansion, notably in higher education. The expansion of higher education has been accompanied by an attempt on the part of the government to establish at least one university in each regional state. Regional diversification and the quality evaluation process are the coning issues, which will certainly feature increasing tension between the private sector and the government.

International Higher Education (IHE) publishes insightful, informed, and high-quality commentary and analysis on trends and issues of importance to higher education systems, institutions, and stakeholders around the world.

declared in April 2007 that the country has suffered a "profound fracture in its political organization."Of the two rectors' associations, AVERU (Asociación Venezolana de Rectores Universitarios) covers the autonomous and private-sector universities and ARBOL (Asociación de Rectores Bolivarianos) represents the rectors of the government-controlled institutions.The conflicts arise from the government's tense relationship with autonomous universities and the strong private sector.These...

An examination of some of the challenges facing graduate education in Sub-Saharan Africa which traces the decline in higher education in much of Africa, describes problems hindering quality graduate education, the need to recreate the culture of research that existed earlier, and makes some suggestions about ways to promote and expand high quality graduate education on a regional basis.