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Reforms without Expected Results?

Result-Based Monitoring and Evaluation in Nigeria’s Higher Education

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Re-thinking Postcolonial Education in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century

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All over the world, education has been acknowledged as an important element for advancement. In the words of South Africa’s late statesman, Nelson Mandela – “Education is the most powerful weapon which can change the world.” This makes it a key instrument for harnessing opportunities in a developing country like Nigeria which has a large youth population.

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  1. School of Governance, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

    Isioma Uregu Ile

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  2. University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, South Africa

    Ngoni Makuvaza

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Ile, I.U. (2017). Reforms without Expected Results?. In: Shizha, E., Makuvaza, N. (eds) Re-thinking Postcolonial Education in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-962-1_13

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