Africa’s different languages halt ‘standardised’ tertiary education
Africa’s different languages prevent the continent from having the same standard of higher education, said African Union commissioner on human resources, science and technology, Dr Martial De-Paul Ikounga.
”Language barrier is a big obstacle on our continent that we need to overcome, and this has been coming up in our discussions as we seek to standardise the continent’s higher education,” Ikounga told journalists at a media briefing in Johannesburg.
”Universities are in contact with each other and work together, that provides a platform for us.”
He said the Pan African University, which is a network of universities and other academic institutions in five regions, was an open system where anyone can study. The PAU would become a centre of excellence and students who study there were bursary recipients, said Ikounga.
The PAU was launched by the AU in Ethiopia in 2011. The PAU sought to create centres of excellence to conduct research and train professionals desperately needed for development across the continent.
”Some has alluded to the fact that standardisation and harmonisation would kill diversity, I don’t think so, it can be compared to music where there’s many instruments in an orchestra, but they are played harmoniously to please the ear,” said Ikounga.
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