Higher Education and Education for All: The Case of Two Solitudes?
IAU Experts’ Seminar25-26 January 2007
Maputo, Mozambique
Reasons for IAU’s involvement
• Importance of EFA globally and to UNESCO• IAU’s commitment to holistic view of education
and intra-sectoral inter-dependence• Concern of IAU’s membership• Lack of knowledge about intersections• Relatively low level of involvement by HEIs in
EFA
Justification of the TORs
• Feasibility (pilot project; scope limitation)• Interest to all our membership (inter-universities;
worldwide)• The data should be easily available (North-South)• In harmony with our values (partnerships)
Partners
• Financial partner:– SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency)
• Collaborating partners– For the Expert’s Seminar
• EMU; UNESCO Harare; WGHE; AAU
– For the pilot project• UNESCO Harare; WGHE; AAU; AUF; AUCC; NUFFIC
Methodology Aspects
• Three phases– Data collection– Meeting– Networking and advocacy
• Two targets/Two questionnaires– Development agencies/associations (22 contacted/13
responded)– Institutions (88 contacted/33 responded)
Total Number of Responses (Agencies)
5%
59%
36%
Questionnaire not completed Questionnaire completed No answer
% of Projects Linked to EFA (Agencies)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
< 10% 10-20% 25-50% 50-75% > 75%
AUCCAUFDFIDDDCNUFICPIEUSAID
Funding of Inter-University Partnerships in EFA (Agencies)
58%
42%
Yes No
AUCCAUF
NUFFICUSAID
Areas of Involvement (Agencies)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Teach
er Trai
ning
Quality
of Educ
ation
Training of
Man
agemen
t Staf
f
Teach
ing M
ethod
s
Gende
r Issu
es
Teach
ing R
esourc
es
Admini
strati
onLit
eracy
Non-Form
al Edu
catio
n
Distanc
e Learning
Minority
Grou
ps
EFA Impac
t on S
ociety
Legis
lation IC
T
Evaluati
on of E
FAOthe
rs: H
IV
Areas Where HEIS Should Be Involved (Agencies)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Distanc
e Learning
Teach
er Trai
ning
Gende
r Issu
es
Teach
ing R
esourc
es
Quality
of Educ
ation
Evaluati
on of E
FA
Training of
Man
agemen
t Staf
f
Teach
ing M
ethod
s
ICT
Litera
cy
Non-Form
al Edu
catio
n
Admini
strati
on
Minority
Grou
ps
EFA Impac
t on S
ociety
Legis
lation
Others:
HIV
University Involment in EFA (Agencies)
17%
50%
33%
Inexistant Insufficient Average
Demand From Universities in the South (Agencies)
66%
17%
17%
Yes No No answer
University Expertise in EFA (Agencies)
50%
25%
25%
Yes No No answer
25 projects
Total Number of Responses (Institutions)
35%
2%
63%
Questionnaire completed Questionnaire not completed No answer
Target Regions (Institutions)
49%
25%
11%
11%4%
Sub-Saharan Africa Asia & the Pacific Middle East & North AfricaLatin America & The Caribbean North America & Europe
Areas of Involvement (Institutions)
02468
10121416
Quality
of ed
ucati
on
Teach
er tra
ining
Teach
ing re
sourc
es
Admini
strati
on ICT
Gende
r issu
es
Research
into
teach
ing m
ethod
s
Training
of m
anage
ment/a
dmin
staff
Distanc
e learni
ngOthe
rs
Minority
grou
psLit
eracy
EFA impa
ct on
socie
ty
Non-form
al ed
ucatio
n
Evaluati
on of E
FALe
gislat
ion
Areas Where HEIS Should Be Involved (Institutions)
0
5
10
15
20
25
Teach
er tra
ining
Teach
ing re
sourc
es
Quality
of ed
ucati
on
EFA impa
ct on
socie
ty
Research
into
teach
ing m
ethod
sGen
der is
sues
Admini
strati
on
Training of
man
agemen
t/adm
in sta
ffIC
T
Distanc
e learni
ng
Non-form
al ed
ucatio
nLit
eracy
Evaluati
on of E
FA
Minority
grou
psLe
gislat
ionOthe
rs
Involvement Areas as Seen from the North (Institutions)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Teach
ing re
sourc
es
Quality
of ed
ucati
on
Teach
er tra
ining
Gende
r issu
es
EFA impa
ct on
socie
ty
Evaluati
on of E
FA
Research
into
teach
ing m
ethod
s
Distanc
e learni
ng
Admini
strati
on
Training
of m
anage
ment/a
dmin
staff
Litera
cy
Non-form
al ed
ucatio
n
ICT
Minority
grou
psLe
gislat
ionOthe
rs
Involvement Areas as Seen from the South
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Quality
of ed
ucati
on
Teach
er tra
ining
Research
into
teach
ing m
ethod
s
Teach
ing re
sourc
es ICT
Non-form
al ed
ucatio
nLit
eracy
Gende
r issu
es
EFA impa
ct on
socie
ty
Distanc
e learni
ng
Admini
strati
on
Training of
man
agemen
t/adm
in sta
ff
Minority
grou
psLe
gislat
ion
Evaluati
on of E
FAOthe
rs
Project Initiator(s) (Institutions)
02468
1012141618
Partne
r Univ
ersity
Lead
Univ
ersity
Indivi
duals
Govern
mental
Bod
y (Host
Country
)
Govern
mental
Bod
y (Le
ad C
ountr
y)
NGOs
No answer
Problems Encountered (Institutions)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
No problemencountered
Support fromLocal
Authorities
Others EFA Expertisewithin
University
Funding Recognition ofUniversity
Competence
University involvement in EFA (Institutions)
67%9%
6%
18%
Insufficient Non-existent Adequate No answer
Reasons for Non-Involvement (Institutions)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Lack ofsupport
Lack ofopportunity
Lack ofrecognition
Lack ofexpertise
Lack ofinterest
Lack ofdemand
No answer
Demand from Universities in the South (Institutions)
39%
18%
43%
Yes No No answer
Changes Needed to Improve the Participation of HE in EFA (Institutions)
0
5
10
15
20
25
Governmental policy inHE
Donor agency funding Institutional policy International agenciesand organisations
Research on EFA (Institutions)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Insufficient Non-existent Adequate Excessive Non-responses
Two Workshops
• State of the Art: Experience in Supporting EFA: Opportunities and Challenges– Thursday afternoon
• The Way Forward: Towards a Greater Implication in EFA: Perspectives and Priorities– Friday morning
Expected Outcomes
• Why and How HE should (or should not) contribute more to achieving EFA goals?
• What HE could do concretely for EFA through its three principal functions (education, research and services)?
• What effective tools could be developed to improve, if necessary, the involvement of HE in EFA?
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