AVU to focus on delivering brokered content in science and technology to African students & lecturers
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The latest development draws from the World Bank-funded African Virtual Universities (AVU) initiative, which was conceived in 1995 to help higher institutions in sub-Saharan Africa to develop capacity in technical and science disciplines. Then, a survey had revealed that higher education on the continent suffered various challenges related to access, finances, quality, internal and external efficiency, limited space and declining budgets. According to Dr Bakary Diallo, AVU Rector in a previous interview, these problems called for the introduction of alternative modes of delivery of tertiary education to compliment the efforts of existing higher-learning institutions. |
