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Higher education stakeholders to forge a 'social contract'
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Higher education stakeholders to forge a 'social contract'
by Karen MacGregor
13 January 2013, University World News Global Edition Issue 254
Voice of Nigeria
By Temitope Mustapha, Abuja
November 9, 2012 - Academic intellectuals from across West Africa have raised concerns about the decay of education system in Africa.
At a two-day consultative policy dialogue in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, they are specifically reviewing the concept of world class institutions, international cooperation and global networking amongst African universities.
The policy dialogue is jointly organized by TrustAfrica and the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities with the aim of improving the higher education system in Africa.