North-West University (NWU)
Achieving Africa’s vision: why universities must return to serving society
Africa’s challenge is not a lack of intelligence or ambition. It is a failure of systems – systems that produce graduates without equipping them with skills for a fast-changing, demanding world. In a 2016 report the African Development Bank cited a crisis of youth unemployment and migration. These trends are deeply linked to the inability of our educational systems to prepare students for work or entrepreneurship. As institutions of higher learning, we must accept some responsibility for (…)
