Abstract
This paper examines the role of quality higher education for sustainable growth and development for African countries including Ethiopia. In providing access to quality higher education in Africa, using the Ethiopian context as a case study. It draws on Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HEfSD) is being significantly shaped by the global sustainability agenda, and it further explores the potential of higher education program delivery system in an Ethiopian context. In addition, the study explores the policy of the conventional higher education. Two instruments were used to gather relevant data, namely: interviews and document analysis. Three quality indicators used, coherence, efficiency and impact of higher education, were used as tools of analysis.This article is divided into three sections which explore three key linked aspects of the importance of higher education.1) Higher education.2) Its access and Quality.3) Concept of the Sustainable development of African countries, including Ethiopia.The author of this article develops a powerful framework for quality higher education and its essentials for growth and development, and seek to apply this in to various developing countries for sustainable growth and development in a range of international settings. In so doing to make an important connection between theoretical frameworks of the above practical elements. Given the constraint of different segment of the development integration, the finding of this study highlighted the importance of higher education in developing countries including Ethiopia, for fulfilling’s sustainable development agenda of the country.
Highlights
The concept of Higher Education is high on the agenda of governments across the world, as global pressures focus increasing attention on the outcomes of education for economic prosperity and social citizenship
There is evidence suggesting that developing countries want to join the knowledge society by following the example set by developed countries, where age participation rates in higher education of 40 to 50 % are perceived as necessary for sustained and sustainable development Kanwar (2009, p. 30)
According to Mannan (2013), national policies on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) emphasise the need for expansion of the education system, which focuses on the conventional method of delivery of basic education and tertiary level services in building human and social capital
Summary
The concept of Higher Education is high on the agenda of governments across the world, as global pressures focus increasing attention on the outcomes of education for economic prosperity and social citizenship. According to Mannan (2013), national policies on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) emphasise the need for expansion of the education system, which focuses on the conventional method of delivery of basic education and tertiary level services in building human and social capital. Today, it is further seeking and explaining the alternative means of an intervening strategy to break the conventional business as usual and in doing so providing access to higher education services and dissemination of information and knowledge that affects personal and community life of individuals became vital especially in developing countries. It asks the research question “How can the higher education in Ethiopia enhance sustainable growth and development in the country?”
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