Improving Higher Education in Malawi for Competitiveness in the Global Economy

Mambo, Michael M. ; Meky, Muna Salih ; Tanaka, Nobuyuki ; Salmi, Jamil

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS;    EQUITY;    HIGHER EDUCATION;    QUALITY;    RELEVANCE;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-1-4648-0798-5
RP-ID  :  106180

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

As the Government of Malawi investigates options to expand access to higher education andimprove the quality of higher education provision, the objective of this report is to contribute to animproved understanding of the challenges confronted by the higher education sub-sector inMalawi.The report summarizes the key findings of an in-depth study of factors affecting access and equityin the Malawian higher education sub-sector, the quality and relevance of educational outputs, thefinancing of the sector, and the frameworks structuring governance of the sector and itsmanagement.The study was initiated in response to a request from the Government of Malawi, to the WorldBank, to support the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) in its pursuit offinancially sustainable policy options to increase equitable access to higher education, and toimprove the quality of higher education provision in alignment with the needs of the labor market.