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Aid research and its self imagined importance

The current system where African higher education receives little or no support while universities in the west launch multi-million dollar “Development Research Centres” they don’t need is not only clearly unsustainable, but highly self serving.

That is the sound of a 19-year old Nigerian junior at my alma mater (University of Waterloo) being wiser than any of us.

Hyperactive support for primary education and disregard for universities is standard practice by donor institutions.

h/t: Africa Unchained

3 Responses

  1. Its cool to hear of all these programs.

    I wonder if there is an integrated resource that lists all of them. I am working on producing one (and looking to work with people interested in creating more) for my colleagues in Nigerian Universities especially.

    @Chris, you went to Waterloo?

    That’s so cool!

  2. Many health programs are focusing on pre-service capacity building, building curriculum for students in med school. And there are U.S. medical schools are doing knowledge exchange with universities in Africa and India.

  3. Hyperactive support for primary education and disregard for universities is standard practice by donor institutions.

    No it’s not. Or, at least, it certainly isn’t in the Pacific where aid agencies have devoted a lot of money to supporting tertiary education.

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