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Commonwealth Education Partnerships 2013/14 Commissioned and researched by Andrew Robertson with Rupert Jones-Parry Country profiles researched and edited by Richard Green Published for the Commonwealth Secretariat by Nexus Strategic Partnerships Commonwealth Education Partnerships 2013/14 The various Commonwealth declarations and statements are copyright-free, although the Commonwealth Secretariat should be appropriately acknowledged. Text © Commonwealth Secretariat 2013 or as otherwise credited Volume © Nexus Strategic Partnerships Limited 2013 Country maps © Oxford Cartographers All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the permission of the publisher. Applications for reproduction should be made in writing to Nexus Strategic Partnerships Limited, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WS, UK. 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First published 2013 ISBN 978-1-908609-08-3 Published by Nexus Strategic Partnerships and available from: Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 353131 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 353130 Email: [email protected] Mail: Nexus Strategic Partnerships St John’s Innovation Centre Cowley Road Cambridge CB4 0WS UK And through good booksellers For the Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House Pall Mall London SW1Y 5HX UK www.thecommonwealth.org 2 Commonwealth Education Partnerships 2013 Contents Foreword Education and development after 2015: Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma ............... 9 setting the goals Overview Goldilocks revisited: measuring education quality Education in the Commonwealth: a status report ...................... 13 within the post-2015 global framework .................................... 64 Esther Eghobamien Hugh McLean Education MDGs in Mozambique Enterprise and employment Stepping stones towards a sustainable and balanced education system in support of national Youth unemployment and the ‘enrolment cure’: development and growth .......................................................... 69 a case for skills before schooling ................................................ 21 Arlindo Chilundo Trey Menefee Alternative sustainable financing of education in Africa: Strategies for supporting youth employment and turning the ‘resource curse’ into a blessing ................................ 72 the school-to-work transition ..................................................... 28 Akemi Yonemura Michelle Engmann, Shubha Jayaram and Milan Thomas Education and sustainable development in Demand and supply: youth entrepreneurship in context ............ 32 Commonwealth small states ...................................................... 77 Rajkumar Bidla Matthew Hiebert Gains for girls: supporting young entrepreneurs in Kenya .......... 40 Education for sustainable development: examples from Barri Shorey, Neetu Mahil and Stephen Okello Oguwa Commonwealth small states ...................................................... 80 Terra Sprague Teaching financial inclusion in a rural Jamaican high school ....... 43 Elizabeth A. Gordon Early childhood education: renewing focus and taking action in the Commonwealth ......................................... 83 Enterprise education and the role of banking ............................ 46 Kimberley Ochs Samuel Kasumu Using sport and play to achieve educational objectives .............. 86 Schools at University for Climate and Energy (SAUCE) ............... 49 Kathryn McCracken and Emma Colucci Nicholas Watts Global goal setting: partnerships and innovative The school co-operative – a training ground for future resourcing in education .............................................................. 91 entrepreneurs ............................................................................. 54 Allah Bakhsh Malik Hariffah Afifah Syed Abbas Nigeria in 2030 .......................................................................... 95 The learning catalyst for job creators ......................................... 58 Grace Chibiko Offorma Rahul Mirchandani Education in 2030 The Commonwealth School Enterprise Challenge What would education look like in a largely Tackling the global unemployment crisis through poverty-free world? And how do we get there? ........................ 99 enterprise education .................................................................. 60 Birgit Brock-Utne Lindsey Crouch and Susannah Morcowitz Education and development in 2030 ......................................... 102 Jonathan Penson Commonwealth Education Partnerships 2013 3 Knowledge, Food and Security MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE Introduction Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 1992. The University is located in the south-eastern part of Nigeria. Colleges and Schools > College of Agribusiness and Financial Management > College of Agricultural Economics, Rural Sociology Kentucky State University, Dr Sias visits and Extension > College of Agriculture and Vice-Chancellor Professor Hilary MOUAU Science Education Odo Edeoga The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. President Goodluck Jonathan. > College of Animal Science and Hilary Edeoga, played host in Dr Mary Sias expressed her Animal Production Students and staff August 2012 to the President institution’s readiness to > College of Crop and Soil of Kentucky State University partner with MOUAU in the Sciences Currently, MOUAU has 14,830 (KSU) Dr Mary Sias and her areas of Aquaculture, > College of Engineering and students, 609 of whom are team as part of the Agriculture and Biofuel. Others Engineering Technology postgraduates, pursuing different consolidation of the who accompanied Dr Mary > College of Applied Food degrees and diplomas on full and international linkage between Sias were her spouse, Dr Science and Tourism part-time basis. Total staff KSU and MOUAU. Shadrach Sias, Prof. Emma > College of Natural and Applied strength is 1,432. MOUAU is a He stated that the Oleka and Prof. Teferi Tsegaye Sciences gender sensitive institution with a collaboration between MOUAU all from the KSU. > College of Natural Resources passion for community and KSU is a practical one that The team later visited the and Environmental development. will benefit not only both College of Natural Resources Management Universities, but Nigeria in and Environmental > College of Veterinary Medicine Corporate social general noting that the Management (CNREM). The > Postgraduate School responsibility content of the memorandum acting dean of CNREM, Dr > School of General Studies of understanding, which the Anthony Nlewadim expressed Through the MOUAU Extension two universities have signed, is the College’s appreciation to Directorates and Centres Centre, the University runs youth in line with the pursuance of the Vice-Chancellor for making development programmes that > Directorate of Research and the transformation agenda of the visit from the KSU a reality. train youths in different technical Development skills including crop and animal > Directorate of University production, resources Advancement management and information > Directorate of Information and Vision communication technology. The Communication Technology University runs free courses for The vision of the University is to be the foremost institution > Centre for Molecular adults in a host community aimed for producing highly-rated graduates in Agriculture, Science Biosciences and Biotechnology at literacy acquisition at home, and Technology and to be a vehicle for the attainment of > MOUAU Extension Centre and business and environmental the primary goals of the Nigerian Agricultural Policy of > Centre for Continuing management. selfsufficiency in food and fibre production. Education > Centre for Entrepreneurship Studies Mission > Centre for Gender and Child To provide high quality, practical training to students to Development become professionally competent and confident persons capable of self-employment to develop environment- PMB 7267, Umuahia, friendly and people-sensitive technologies and to enhance Abia State, Nigeria the well-being of the people through extension and other Tel: +234 803 548 1333 interventions. Email: [email protected] www.mouau.edu.ng Contents Higher education Gender, diversity and conflict sensitivity Private higher education provision in India ................................. 106 Is the gender gap in academic leadership Neil Kemp and Joy Jyoti Nandi disappearing in the Commonwealth Caribbean? ....................... 140 Mark Figueroa Access, equity and quality in private higher education ............... 109 Ved Goel In double jeopardy: adolescent girls and disasters ...................... 142 Sharon Goulds Enabling and regulating How governments can get the best from the Digital storytelling as a site for intergenerational learning .......... 145 private sector in higher education .............................................