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Minister of State for Tertiary Education, Ghana, Professor Kwesi Yankah, says there is an estimated students’ attrition of almost 50 percent in tertiary institutions within Africa. He said there is low gross enrolment ratio in tertiary education within Africa, and that an abysmally low percentage of those whose ages fall within the bracket of 19 […]

What is Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) all about? PASGR is a not-for-profit organisation located in Nairobi, but working in over 15 African countries on governance research, with the collaborative graduate programme of Masters of Research and Public Policy (MRPP) in 13 universities in seven countries. We also have a programme we […]

Prof. Kwame Offei Pro-Vice-Chancellor(University of Ghana) giving his opening remarks during the launch of the PedaL Western Hub Training at the University of Ghana.

Kwesi Sam, host AAU Talks interviewing Joseph Hoffman, Team Leader, Higher Education Programme, Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education Innovation and Reform (SPHEIR) on Partnerships for Higher Education Innovations & Reforms.

Talking on behalf of the Private Sector, Mr. Akpeloo delivered an Opening Address which focused on the disconnect between industry and academia at Ghana’s Pedagogical Leadership Training workshop co-organised by the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) and the University of Ghana

Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Ghana and Founding Chair of the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) delivers his Opening Remarks on the ‘Role of Social Sciences in Global Discourse’ at the Pedagogical Leadership training programme organised by PASGR at the University of Ghana, Legon.  

It was an opportunity for an estimated 170 participants to interact and exchange perspectives on emerging outcomes of pedagogical innovations. These included: government officials, education policy actors drawn from various national and regional organizations; university leaders and managers; research organizations; university teaching staff and students; the media; resource persons; and, PASGR staff.

Themed ‘Pedagogy on the Move: Our Journeys’; the joint event was hosted by PASGR and its partners in the Pedagogical Leadership in Africa project as well as the collaborative Master of Research and Public Policy (MRPP) programme. It was held at the Sarova Whitesands Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya on June 24 – 28, 2019 and marked […]

Kwesi Acquah Sam, the host of AAU Talks, engages Dr. Beatrice Muganda, Director of Higher Education at the Partnerships for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) based in Nairobi, Kenya on the Pedagogical Leadership Programme run by PASGR and its impact on transforming teaching and learning processes in Africa.

African universities need to “run faster in innovating technologies to compete globally”, according to Professor Crispus Kiamba, former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology in Kenya and current faculty member of the School of the Built Environment, College of Architecture and Engineering at the University of Nairobi. In his keynote […]