How to improve the quality of Africa’s doctoral education
A specific case in point is Professor Goolam Mohamedbhai’s article published in June last year in
University World News. He highlights how inadequate funding, poor supervision, lack of supervisor qualifications, an unsuitable research environment and ineffective external quality assurance affect the quality of doctoral education in African universities.
Doctoral education for what?
A crucial first step towards quality doctoral education in African universities is specifying clearly its core purposes. The core purposes may not be the same for every African country, but African countries share many similarities. This is important in that some African intellectuals have different perspectives on the issue.