Since 1990, when the phrase "education for all" was first coined at the World Bank conference in Jomtien, Thailand, a battle has raged over its meaning and its impact on education in Africa. In this thought-provoking new volume, Dr. Brock-Utne argues that "education for all" really means "Western primary schooling for some, and none for others." Her incisive analysis demonstrates how this construct robs Africans of their indigenous knowledge and language, starves higher education in Africa, and thereby perpetuates Western dominion. In Dr. Brock-Utne's words, "A quadrangle building has been erected in a village of round huts."
Author(s): Birg Brock-Utne
Edition: 1
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 352
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 10
Series Editor's Introduction......Page 18
Introduction......Page 24
Establishing Education Policies for Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critique......Page 32
Whose Education for All?......Page 34
Education Policies for Sub-Saharan Africa as Viewed by the World Bank......Page 66
The Formulation of Educational Policies and the Coordination of Aid;Some Examples......Page 100
African Culture and the Content of Schooling......Page 140
A Renewed Curriculum Dependency?......Page 142
Education for All;In Whose Language?......Page 172
Language of Instruction in Tanzania and Namibia......Page 204
A Life after Jomtien for the African Universities?......Page 242
Globalization of Learning;Whose Globe and What Learning?;The Role of the African Universities......Page 244
Africanization of the Universities of South Africa......Page 276
Yes, Whose Education for All Is It?......Page 302
References......Page 322
Index......Page 358
