By Prof Ushotanefe Useh As the continent looks to Agenda 2063, the blueprint of the African Union (AU) for a prosperous, integrated and peaceful Africa, and the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is imperative that higher-education institutions reflect critically on their purpose. In their current form, too many of our universities appear disconnected from the realities around them. The disconnect between academic knowledge and its practical application continues to widen, and this failure must be addressed with urgency.
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 this shortfall. Universities must become engines of societal impact
Source: Gemnation
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