The Social Sciences

Year: 2007
Volume: 2
Issue: 2
Page No. 181 - 191

A Comparative Analysis of Secondary Education in Four Central African Countries (Burundi, Rwanda, Chad and Equatorial Guinea)

Authors : B.O. Lawal

Abstract: Secondary school education in Central African countries has been bedevilled by lot of problems such as low budgeting, incidence of military insurgence and armed struggle among political rivals or due to boundary disputes, political crisis, wide spread of HIV/AIDS, massive death of teachers, students and parents that have contracted diseases. These have increased government`s expenditure on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. The above scenario has reduced the capacity of teachers in carrying out effective teaching in secondary schools by creating absenteeism of both teachers and students in schools. The huge expenditure on military insurgence, armed struggle coupled with prevention of HIV/AIDS and preventing political crisis has reduced government expenditure on secondary schools expansion, creation of more schools while the above situation has also created emotional and psychological insecurity to prompt the citizens (teachers, children and parents) in these countries to migrate to other countries to serve as refugee in those host countries. These have created new problems for neighbouring countries, African Union (AU) and the United Nation (UN). This study, therefore, looks into the problems that have militated against secondary school education these Central African countries (in terms of school management, teachers recruitment, students enrolment, financing and funding of school infrastructures, functional strategies, development and instructional measures to curb the situation are recommended.

How to cite this article:

B.O. Lawal , 2007. A Comparative Analysis of Secondary Education in Four Central African Countries (Burundi, Rwanda, Chad and Equatorial Guinea) . The Social Sciences, 2: 181-191.

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