A CURSORY EVALUATION OF THE SITUATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING IN SELECTED AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Abstract

This paper is a cursory evaluation of the situation of higher education funding in selected 
African countries. It is a library research paper that discussed the funding situation in selected 
African countries. It considered the roles of higher education in national development. It was 
discovered that most of the African nations use a cost-sharing or partial support model which 
demands the participation of beneficiaries (household. government, community). The 
discussion shows that no single funding model should cushion the challenge of higher 
education rather it calls for a combination of models. The following suggestions among others 
were made: policies should be properly studied before implementation, services of education 
managers should be properly and adequately engaged and utilized, obsolete and irrelevant 
course of studies should be struck off, and synergy between school and investors encouraged.