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Post-Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Reflections on Education and Development for All

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

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International development has the purpose to improve the living conditions of many people around the world. However, it challenges its architects to act within a framework that is non-colonial, non-technocratic, collaborative and inclusive. Otherwise, international development projects remain futile and a waste of resources, particularly as witnessed in the failure to fulfil the 2015 Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs) targets on education.

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  1. Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta, Canada

    Chouaib El Bouhali

  2. Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta, Canada

    Grace John Rwiza

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

    Ngoni Makuvaza

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Bouhali, C.E., Rwiza, G.J. (2017). Post-Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa. 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_2

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