Some recommendations for educational planning in three Anglophone African countries

Abstract

UNESCO has sent several missions of experts in Education to a number of countries in Africa. Their aim was to cake suggestions as to the improvement of the educational system followed in those countries. The importance of such task arises from the fact that all man-power needed for development cannot be attained except through education or training. Of course it is known that education lags behind in most African countries and several of its aspects are completely neglected. For instance, the education of women, the education of the adults, and the illiteracy problem. It boils down to the fact that underdevelopment arises from the backwardness of education. Therefore, any plan for development must comprise as an integral part of it the educational plan. According to the different conditions and nature of the African countries the need for specific aspects of education in some is greater than in others. This is the reason why definite suggestions workable for all African countries are not possible, nor any one remedy for the underdevelopment is not fit for all of them. Yet, some common elements are to be found in the condition of education in Africa. Following are the recommendations of the visits of some of the missions sent to a number of Anglo-phone countries namely, Liberia, Somalia and Tanganyika.