Higher Education in Developing Countries

By J. Tilak. 2000

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Policy prescriptions, particularly from the World Bank, have argued against the expansion of higher education, and for the development of primary and secondary education instead. Neither the inter-dependence of the three sectors, nor the crucial role of higher education in economic progress, has featured prominently. Resource-scarce governments in many developing countries have also found such prescriptions convenient, and either by necessity or by conviction, have followed them faithfully. Furthermore, global efforts towards 'Education For All' (EFA), some of which were initiated on a grand scale at the Jomtien Conference in 1990, have also led many educational planners in developing countries to concentrate exclusively on basic education. The declining priority given to higher education has serious long term implications for development. Realizing this, UNESCO organized a World Conference on Higher Education in 1998. The World Bank also realized this even a little earlier, joined UNESCO, and convened in 1997 jointly a Task Force on Higher Education and Society. This came about mainly at the initiative of Ismail Serageldin, Vice-President of Special

Subfields: Education, Political Science and International Relations, Safety Research

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