Education in West Africa [Hardcover]

Education in West Africais a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in the region. Written by regional experts, the book explores the education systems of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. It critically examines the development of education provision in each country, whilst exploring both local and global contexts. Including a comparative introduction to the issues facing education in the region as a whole, this handbook is an essential reference for researchers, scholars, international agencies and policy-makers at all levels.Emefa Takyi-Amoakois Education and Research Consultant with a doctoral degree in Comparative and International Education from Oxford University, UK. She is Executive Director of Oxford University Attaining the Peak (ATP) Student Society, UK, and Director of ATP Global Educate Oxford, UK.

This is a timely, well-crafted book that comprehensively responds to an urgent need of new ideas and perspectives in the educational terrain in West Africa. Emefa Takyi-Amoako brings together an impressive lineup of both seasoned and emerging scholars who produce a seminal work that achieves a unique regional focus in educational studies. It has the potential to become the main reference work for some time to come and should immediately serve both the research and policy analysis interests of specialized scholars, students, public sector managers and the general public. Ali A. Abdi, Professor and Head of the Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada

This excellent book uses a multidisciplinary approach and multi-dimensional methodologies to assess the challenges of education in West Africa within the context of globalization. It suggests practical and valuable action-oriented strategies for investing in Africa's future generation, regardlesslÃ%