Different systems of university rankings have released results of the 2024 world and continental rankings of universities. While there have been some deserved celebrations by top performing universities and those who support university rankings, the practice has caused some serious stir in the camp of universities and stakeholders which are against these university log standings.
Written examinations contribute immensely to the assessment of students' knowledge and skills in their fields of study.
While great strides have been made in the education sector in the last millennium in Africa, there is still a perennial problem bedeviling the education systems in most countries - the presence of untrained and unqualified teachers teaching in pre-primary, primary and secondary schools.
In 1981, when I was training as a primary school teacher at Mkoba Teachers’ College, an affiliate institution of the University of Zimbabwe, I was part of the youths that welcomed the then Zimbabwean Prime Minister, the late Robert Mugabe and his special guest of honour, Swapo leader of Namibia then in exile, Sam Nujoma.
While the season of graduations is still upon us, I feel it is time to reflect on issues affecting students’ success rates at higher education institutions. It is envisaged that the advice provided in this article will assist tertiary students who find themselves struggling with completing their studies. The advice is also for those who are planning to embark on their tertiary studies.
The debate about the advantages and disadvantages of obtaining one’s qualifications from a single university has been raging on for some time now.
There has been a growing concern about the fate of thousands of graduates who complete various qualifications at public and private universities and colleges in Namibia every year.
Professorial lectures are the backbone of academic life in any university. On Tuesday this week, Professor Catherine Nengomasha, an information science professor in the Faculty of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Namibia, delivered her inaugural professorial lecturer at the institution.
When higher education institutions launch new programmes, one of the ways which they cite in assuring quality is regularly subjecting these qualifications to external examination.
Ensuring the quality of higher education has been the core business of the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) since its inception by an Act of Parliament in 2003 (Act No 26 of 2003).