Education observatory

Higher education is a powerful and essential tool for building a modern, knowledgeable, cultured and peaceful society. Read more>

Algeria has approved a draft law paving the way for the creation of an Amazigh language academy dedicated to the teaching and promotion of research on Tamazight, as well as its standardisation. Read more>

Africa’s ‘least developed countries’ (LDCs) are to benefit from the launch of a United Nations’ Technology Bank in Turkey, which aims to drive science, technology and innovation and promote sustainable development – with African universities playing a key role. Read more>

Ten North African and 12 Arab countries are to benefit from the launch in 2020 of the first Arabic Citation Index (ARCI), which aims to facilitate access to Arabic scientific research, thereby enhancing the Arabic academic footprint and ultimately improving university rankings. Read more>

Egypt’s cabinet has approved a draft law on the establishment of technological universities that will open their doors to students in the next academic year. The legislation is aimed at improving technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and boosting the employability of youth. Read more>

Morocco and Qatar have unveiled a higher education cooperation plan that includes setting up a joint institution in the North African country’s capital Rabat and a cross-border campus of a Moroccan university in the Arab nation’s capital Doha, along with networking opportunities among universities to boost learning. Read more>

Egypt’s National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education has adopted a range of measures to tackle the poor quality of university education in the country. Read more>

A UNESCO campaign launched recently in the North African countries of Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan aims to empower youth in the fight against extremism and strengthen the capacities of universities and other educational institutions to contribute to national prevention efforts. Read more>

African universities have been urged to adopt and implement the newly-developed African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ASG-QA) as part of a pan-continental move to improve higher education quality. Read more>

Egypt has approved a draft law to regulate the performance of foreign university branch campuses to be set up in Egypt’s new administrative capital. But will it be enough to assuage concerns that the opening of foreign universities will exacerbate inequality and class division? Read more>