NATIONAL BOARD FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

HIGHER EDUCATION IN ERITREA

August 2014HELSINKI, FINLAND

OUTLINE

HE in Eritrea – Past and Present

Existing IHE in Eritrea

Coordinating HE

Policy on HE in Eritrea

Future Plans

HE IN ERITREA

The University of Asmara (UOA)

Established in 1958

Was the only IHE in the country

Had 9 Colleges/Faculties

Enrolment of 1200 students/year

Max. capacity of ≈ 5000 students

HE IN ERITREA

Challenges:

No. of students increased fast

The University could not absorb all

There was a need of expanding access to tertiary education

The GoSE decided to open 7 colleges throughout the country

EXISTING IHEs IN ERITREA

1. Eritrea Institute of Technology (Mai Nefhi)

2. College of Health Sciences (Asmara)

3. Orota School of Medicine (Asmara)

4. College of Business & Economics (Halhale)

5. College of Marine Sciences and Technology (Massawa)

6. Hamelmalo Agric. College (Hamelmalo)

7. College of Arts & Social Sciences (Adi Keih)

INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN ERITREA

EXISTING IHE …

53 Degree and 43 Diploma offering Departments in all IHE

9 Masters Programs

Enrolment capacity ≈5000 students/yr

Total Student population ≈ 14, 000

Teaching staff = 621 (≈ 60% nationals)

Close to 60% of these are junior & cannot handle teaching responsibilities

TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS

IHE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TOTALDEGREE DIPLOMA

EIT 4041 2041 6082CASS 1294 611 1905CBE 676 355 1031ACHS 1055 813 1868COMSAT 437 203 640HAC 1324 587 1911OROTTA 342 - 342

TOTAL 9169 4610 13, 779

FACULTY IN ALL IHE

IHE FACULTY TOTALNATIONAL EXPATRIATE

EIT 129 91 220CASS 42 31 73CBE 27 8 35ACHS 66 28 94COMSAT 40 17 57HAC 44 41 85OSM 39 18 57

TOTAL 387 234 621

STRATEGIES DESIGNED

The GoSE spending > 5 million USD/yr

Planned Strategies:

Opening Graduate programmes (MA/MSc and PhD) in all colleges

Scholarships to deserving nationals Provision of Distance Education Utilize the expertise of Diaspora

Eritreans

SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN SO FARCOUNTRY MASTERS PhD TOTALCHINA 134 1 135INDIA 39 5 44JAPAN 22 1 23KENYA 15 9 24NL 14 3 17UAE 15 - 15ITALY 5 - 5GERMANY 11 1 12SUDAN 10 8 18S. AFRICA 2 9 11OTHERS 4 6 10TOTAL 271 43 314

COORDINATING HE

The NBHE:

Is the body responsible for all matters related to HE

The NBHE has 9 members selected from all walks of life

Office of the Executive Director is the Board’s managing office

Organisational Structure of the NBHE

Bureau of Administration and

Finance

National Board for Higher Education

Bureau of Standards and Evaluation

Bureau of HE Administration &

Int’l Linkages

Executive Director

Information Resource Management

Internal Audit

Public Relations

HE POLICY IN ERITREA

Policy on HE in Eritrea is based on:

1. Access/Equity

2. Quality

3. Relevance

4. Sustainability

POLICY ON HE IN ERITREA

1. Access and EquityAccess improved as of 2004/05

- Decentralisation of IHE

- Expansion of existing facilities in IHE

- Open Post Graduate Programs

- Provide Distance Learning programs

- Open private IHE in the country

- Promote gender equity in HE

POLICY ON HE …

2. QualityQuality could be compromised with expansion

Qualified Staff (Recruitment, Upgrading)

Teaching Materials (Books, Journals, Lab., etc)

Research facilities

Self Assessment exercise/Accreditation

Relevant Rules and Regulations

Staff Evaluation

Establishing Linkages (Internal/External)

POLICY ON HE …

3. Relevance Education system should be coherent

with dev’t strategy of the country

Curriculum design: Stakeholders

Research – should be able to solve local problems (be linked to dev’t strategies)

Sandwich model PG/PhD training

POLICY ON HE …

4. Sustainability Ensure availability of Human

Material and Financial Resources

Train local staff (Masters & PhD)

Foster Linkage Programs

Generate Funds

Initiate Cost sharing mechanism

CURRENT NEEDS OF HE

Financial support for expanding physical infrastructure of IHEs

Provision of teaching materials (lab. & workshop equipment, ICT facilities, Books, journals, etc.)

Promoting collaborative research with partner institutions

CURRENT NEEDS …

Exchange of staff & students

Support for the establishment of local Post Graduate programs

Promote Distance Education Programs

FUTURE PLANS

Ensure & maintain Quality of Education

Start PG program in all IHE

Eventual replacement of expatriate staff

Promote Research in all IHE

Foster linkage partnerships with universities outside the country

FUTURE PLANS

Increase access to HE through all possible means (DE, Private colleges...)

Promote IHE to be centres of excellence in Education, Research and Services

Extend the knowledge & expertise in all IHEs to the services of the community through dissemination of research results, consultancy services, etc.

Thank You Very Much

for your Attention !!!