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The key messages in this brief are as follows: 1) Engineering can help Africa unlock its huge potential for economic growth and development and make faster progress toward the Millennium Development Goals. 2) However, there is a serious lack of engineering capacity in Africa and heavy reliance on imported expertise in engineering. 3) Higher education institutions need to change their approach to teaching engineering so that graduates are creative problem-solvers. Engineering courses also need to be oriented towards market and development needs. 4) Women are under-represented in engineering education, constituting less than 10 percent of the student population in Ghana, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe in 2010. 5) Few African countries have established a robust accreditation system. In addition to improving national accreditation, regional accreditation of engineering professionals should be encouraged so that engineers have greater mobility within Africa. 6) A proposed World Bank initiative, the Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET) will build capacity for technical, vocational and higher education in African countries.

26 September, 2015 to 30 September, 2015 Ces séminaires sous-régionaux sur les ressources éducatives libres (REL) visent à informer et à impliquer les gouvernements dans l'élaboration et la mise en œuvre des politiques de REL. Le séminaire africain réunira des fonctionnaires ministériels et des acteurs de l'éducation du Ghana, l'Ethiopie, Madagascar, Djibouti, et le Togo.

Findings from a scoping study at the onset of a new stage in Ghana's decentralization reform