The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede, has stressed the need to build bridges as a way of changing the narrative of higher education in Africa through what he called profound bottom-up approach.
He stated this while presenting a paper during the 22nd Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP 2023) holding in Windhoek, Namibia.
In the paper entitled “Breaking Barriers and Building Strategies for Advancing Excellence in African Higher Education” , Prof Oloyede said higher education is a key driver of economic development and social progress which plays crucial role in shaping the future of any nation.
The JAMB boss identified inadequate funding, limited access to quality education, brain drain and outdated curricula as some of the challenges and barriers affecting higher education in Africa.
Mr Oloyede said several factors were also responsible for the decline in thebquality of higher…