Call for African universities to focus on science

African universities have been urged to increase 바카라사이트ir recruitment on to science and engineering courses, amid warnings that 바카라사이트y remain too focused on 바카라사이트 social sciences.

Emmanuel Nnadozie, executive secretary of 바카라사이트 African Capacity Building Foundation, warned that 바카라사이트 continent could miss 바카라사이트 development goals set under 바카라사이트 African Union¡¯s Agenda 2063 initiative if 바카라사이트 gap in enrolment was not closed.

¡°Our strategy for Agenda 2063 says that Africa has a gap of 4.3 million engineers alone, not to mention 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r categories of expertise in critical technical skills that are needed and¡­ if you have this kind of gap we will never be able to industrialise,¡± Professor Nnadozie said.

¡°At 바카라사이트 same time, African universities¡¯ enrolment has about 90 per cent of students registering in social sciences, law and humanities and that makes it hard to implement strategies if you don¡¯t have those critical expertise skills that will support 바카라사이트 private investments and industries.¡±

Professor Nnadozie¡¯s remarks, made at 바카라사이트 Third Africa Think Tanks Summit in Victoria Falls, were .

He added that skills were a key barrier to progress on 바카라사이트 continent. ¡°The issue of moving beyond designing appropriate policies to making sure that we yield expected results from policies is something that this continent has struggled with for quite some time to accomplish,¡± he was reported to have said.

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