PRESS statements by higher education minister Blade Nzimande confirm his eagerness to address issues in the public higher education arena. But what about the private education sector?
Law on Education is expected to take effect in Azerbaijan soon. Regardless of ownership, the higher schools will receive status of state, municipality and private institutions.
“With this new piece of law, public and private universities will now operate under common regulations, which is good for ensuring quality and standards,” said Prof Freida Brown, vice-chancellor of the United States International University – Africa.
Most private institutions are in major cities and are rather small. They offer two-year courses in industrial, business and secretarial fields and some are affiliated with foreign higher education institutions, mainly in France, and provide joint higher level courses.
Qualified lecturers rarely do the teaching in the Congo's private universities. Instead, unqualified assistants take courses that are often obsolete, theoretical and useless for finding a job, says Le Potentiel of Kinshasa.