In a recent ranking of world universities, only two, among the top 200, are from Africa. See if you can find them here. This, in spite of the fact that the number of students attending university in the continent has markedly increased since independence. In many cases, educational infrastructures have been diminishing even as the demand for education increases. If higher education is key to the future of every people, the situation in Africa is cause for extreme alarm.
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The crisis in Africa is education. This is cause for extreme alarm in Africa. People need to be informed of the lack of education in Africa, and how it affects Africa's leadership and other problems Africa as a continent has. Legal action must be taken, and there may need to be outside aid in order to do it. Aid in the form of support from nations other than Africa, specifically the U.S. This is cause for extreme alarm, and action must be taken whether by Africans alone or Africans and the U.S. as well as other nations.
One of the basis for a well functioning country is the education of its people. The well educated are able to contribute back to society in a way this is not possible for the uneducated. It is essential that the infrastructure for education is created in Africa so that more people can be well educated; contributing back to society through their role in government and the economy. Education is a vital part of strengthening Africa.
RR says:
Agreeing with the other two comments posted below, education is a huge cause to why Africa is the way it is today. By improving their education system, they would impact the economy, government, and the society as a whole in such huge and drastic ways that would only benefit the continent. A better education system could bring so much to the table, such as: more aware and intelligent leaders who will work to benefit the people not themselves; a more equal and well rounded economy in which people will be able to have food, water, and homes for their families because of the increase of money; and education of Africa would help to promote the idea that Africa needs to change from the inside out. The education system is one area that would take a while to fix, but if it changed, it would make such an impact across the continent.
It makes me wonder how much the world itself is missing out on by not giving Africans access to higher education. There as just as many brillant people in Africa as there are in any other continent. Since there is such a lack of higher education, inventions and innovative ideas are not being given the chance to surface as much.
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