Progress report on the implementation of the recommendations of the ECA/OAU joint conference of Vice-Chancellors, Presidents and Rectors of institutions of higher learning in Africa on the Lagos plan of action

Abstract

The Conference of Vice-Chancellors, Presidents and Rectors of Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa adopted several general and specific recommendations in assessing the role of higher institutions in the implementation of the Lagos Plan of Action. The Conference requested the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Association of African Universities (AAU), the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and UNESCO to take the lead in implementing its recommendations. The Conference had emphasized and regretted the lack of skilled manpower especially in the sciences, engineering and technology. The Conference had given top priority to the production of textbooks in development economics. Accordingly, the Association of African Universities in collaboration with UNESCO, ECA and OAU had set up in 1983 a working committee to investigate the modalities for the production of textbooks in economics and biology.