Forestry education in Sub-Saharan Africa S. Chakeredza, A. Yaye, A. Temu, J. Aucha and M. Zdravkovic Jun. 2012.
Content 1. Introduction 2. Objectives 3. Methodology 4. Results 5. Conclusions 6. Recommendations
Introduction Forestry education in decline! Threats: 1. To continue producing inadequate graduates 2. Reduce capacity for forest management 3. Inappropriate water management and threat for food security 4. Low capacity to adapt and mitigate to the effects of climate change 5. Further loss of biodiversity
Objectives Overall: Looking at dynamics of Forestry Tertiary Education in Sub-Saharan Specific: 1. Identifying enrolment and graduation trends 2. Identifying major bottlenecks 3. Identifying skills and competencies in relation to industry requirements 4. Developing recommendations to improved forestry education
Methodology ANAFE member institutions
ANAFE member Institutions That Filled in the survey
Respondents Results No Institution Country Region of ANAFE Enrolment Trends Graduation Trends Staff Qualifications Staff to Student ratio Forestry Curriculum Review Employment Roles of Foresters Facilities and Resources Adequacy for Training and Priority needs Research and Outreach Activities Ce rt. Training Level Offered (years of study) Dipl. BSc MSc PhD Year of establis hment 1 University of KwaZulu Natal South Africa SA-RAFT 4 2 3 1999 2 Wondo Genet College of Forestry Ethiopia ECA-RAFT 3 2 1977 and Natural Resources 3 Sokoine University of Agriculture Tanzania SA-RAFT 3 1973 4 Botswana College of Agriculture Botswana SA-RAFT 3 2000 5 Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique SA-RAFT 4 2 1979 6 University of Kordofan Sudan ECA-RAFT 4 2 3-5 1994 7 Federal University of Technology Nigeria AHT-RAFT 5 1.5 3 1982 Akure 8 Kabianga University College Kenya ECA-RAFT 4 2005 9 Makerere University Uganda ECA-RAFT 4 1970 10 Malawi College of Forestry and Malawi SA-RAFT 2 3 1952 Wildlife 11 Instituto Agrário de Chimoio Mozambique SA-RAFT 3 1979 12 Mzuzu University Malawi SA-RAFT 4 2001 13 Nyabyeya Forestry College Uganda ECA-RAFT 2 2 1948 14 Zimbabwe College of Forestry Zimbabwe SA-RAFT 1 2.5 1946
Results Respondents Enrolment Trends Graduation Trends Staff Qualifications Staff to Student ratio Forestry Curriculum Review Employment Roles of Foresters Facilities and Resources Adequacy for Training and Priority needs Research and Outreach Activities
Results Respondents Enrolment Trends Graduation Trends Staff Qualifications Staff to Student ratio Forestry Curriculum Review Employment Roles of Foresters Facilities and Resources Adequacy for Training and Priority needs Research and Outreach Activities
Results Respondents Enrolment Trends Graduation Trends Staff qualifications Staff to Student Ratio Forestry Curriculum Review Employment Roles of Foresters Facilities and Resources Adequacy for Training and Priority needs Research and Outreach Activities
Gender gap! Among students Among academic staff Female Male Difference 486 1768 43 282 3,6x 6,6x
Results No Institution Total Staff Respondents Enrolment Trends Graduation Trends Staff Qualifications Staff to Student ratio Forestry Curriculum Review Employment Roles of Foresters Facilities and Resources Adequacy for Training and Priority needs Research and Outreach Activities Total Student Certificate and Diploma Offering Colleges Ratio (Students/Staff) 1 Botswana College of Agriculture 7 134 19 2 Malawi College of Forestry 3 28 9 3 Chimoio College 12 39 3 4 Nyabyeya Forestry College 5 122 24 5 Zimbabwe College of Forestry 18 547 30 BSc to PhD training institutions 1 Wondo Genet Forestry College 82 2539 31 2 Kordofan University 42 143 3 3 Federal University of Technology Akure 17 264 16 4 Makerere University 13 77 6
Results No Respondents Institution When Last Reviewed Enrolment Trends Certificate and Diploma Offering Colleges 1 Graduation Botswana College Trends of Agriculture 1999 2 Staff Malawi Qualifications College of Forestry 2005 3 Staff Chimoio to Student College ratio 2001 4 Nyabyeya Forestry College 1998 Forestry Curriculum 5 Zimbabwe College of Forestry 2010 Review BSc to PhD training institutions 1 Employment Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources 2010 Roles of Foresters 2 University of Kwazulu-Natal 2005 Facilities and Resources Adequacy for 3 Sokoine University of Agriculture 2008 4 Training Mzuzu and University Priority needs 2001 5 Research Makerereand University Outreach Activities 2010 6 Kabianga University College 2011 7 Federal University of Technology, Akure 2006 8 University of Kordofan 2010 9 Eduardo Mondlane University 2012
Results Respondents Enrolment Trends Graduation Trends Staff Qualifications Staff to Student ratio Forestry Curriculum Review Employment Roles of Foresters Facilities and Resources Adequacy for Training and Priority needs Research and Outreach Activities
Climate Results Respondents change Enrolment Trends Conflicts Graduation Trends Staff Qualifications Staff to Student Forestry ratio Forestry Curriculum being no Review longer Employment Greater attention to agroforestry REDD+ work Conservation Policy changes attractive Roles of Foresters Decentralized management Technology developmen t Weakened forestry sector Globalization Facilities and Forestry Resources for Adequacy for Training and poverty Priority needs reduction Research and Outreach Activities Multidisciplinary Plantation forestry together with indigenous species International isolation Limited resources Global agenda science Environmental changes Resource-centric to anthropocentric science
Results Respondents Enrolment Trends Graduation Trends Staff Qualifications Staff to Student ratio Forestry Curriculum Review Employment Roles of Foresters Facilities and Resources Adequacy for Training and Priority needs Research and Outreach Activities
Results Respondents Enrolment Trends Graduation Trends Staff Qualifications Staff to Student ratio Forestry Curriculum Review Employment Roles of Foresters Facilities and Resources Adequacy for Training and Priority needs Research and Outreach Activities
Discussion
Conclusions and Recommendations Curricula Management and study provision Policy Business friendly Introducing new components Regular reviewing
Conclusions and Recommendations Curricula Management and study provision Policy Increase female student enrolment More MSc and PhD programmes Working with Colleges and Private sector Improve facility and resources adequacy
Conclusions and Recommendations Curricula Management and study provision Policy Continuous education More exciting and challenging
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