6th ACE Impact Virtual Regional Workshop Agriculture Perspectives
Explore insights from the 6th ACE Impact Virtual Regional Workshop focusing on agriculture in Africa. Learn about challenges, achievements, and future goals in advancing postgraduate education in the region.
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6th ACE Impact Virtual Regional Workshop Perspectives from the Subject Matter Experts - Agriculture Lu s Mira da Silva Participating Countries Gambia Ghana Senegal Togo Djibouti Niger Nigeria Burkina Faso Cote D Ivoire Guinea Benin ACE Impact Project - Advancing the Quality, Quantity and Access of Postgraduate Education in Africa
ACE Impact Project Most agriculture Centers have good overall results Some Centers have low performances in specific DLIs (CERPP, CERSA, CEFTER, AGRISAN) Reasons for delays are known: complex administrative rules, difficult internal processes, non-release of funds and COVID Agriculture Thematic Meeting Overview Nov 4th2021
ACE Impact Project Recruiting human resources / compensating for extra work / rewarding excellence Complex information / verification processes The pandemic, with strong impacts in several areas (internships, international activities, partnerships, regional students, interaction with the experts) Agriculture Thematic Meeting Common challenges Nov 4th2021
ACE Impact Project The results that have been achieved this last year, considering all the challenges created by the pandemic, are remarkable The Centers have been capable of overcoming the difficulties imposed by COVID and reach proposed objectives
ACE Impact Project Agriculture Thematic Meeting All Centers expect to achieve much better results before March 2022 There are still many uncertainties Centers may need more support to achieve the proposed results and are very worried about possible cuts in funding Mid-Term Review Nov 4th2021
ACE Impact Project The MTR should be a pedagogic tool with a focus on improvement not (only) a controlling process associated to sanctions for low performers
ACE Impact Project Implementation status: DLI achievement DLI 4 Quality of Education and Research 20% 46% 15% 10% 0% 2% 0% 46% 29% DLI 5 Relevance of Education and Research 50% 87% 1% 20% 0% 24% 51% 65% 83% DLI 3. Quantity of Students Total 1st ACE Impact (average) WACCI (Ghana) AGRISAN (Senegal) 2nd ACE Impact (average) CERPP (Niger) CEFTER (Nigeria) CERSA (Togo) CDA (Nigeria) CCBAD (Cote D Ivoire) 51% 34% 79% 30% 0% 69% 0% 49% 52% 37% 49% 32% 23% 12% 22% 31% 39% 44%
ACE Impact Project Implementation status: DLI achievement DLI 4 Quality of Education and Research 20% 46% 15% 10% 0% 2% 0% 46% 29% DLI 5 Relevance of Education and Research 50% 87% 1% 20% 0% 24% 51% 65% 83% DLI 3. Quantity of Students Total 1st ACE Impact (average) WACCI (Ghana) AGRISAN (Senegal) 2nd ACE Impact (average) CERPP (Niger) CEFTER (Nigeria) CERSA (Togo) CDA (Nigeria) CCBAD (Cote D Ivoire) 51% 34% 79% 30% 0% 69% 0% 49% 52% 37% 49% 32% 23% 12% 22% 31% 39% 44%
ACE Impact Project Implementation status: DLI achievement DLI 4 Quality of Education and Research 20% 46% 15% 10% 0% 2% 0% 46% 29% DLI 5 Relevance of Education and Research 50% 87% 1% 20% 0% 24% 51% 65% 83% DLI 3. Quantity of Students Total 1st ACE Impact (average) WACCI (Ghana) AGRISAN (Senegal) 2nd ACE Impact (average) CERPP (Niger) CEFTER (Nigeria) CERSA (Togo) CDA (Nigeria) CCBAD (Cote D Ivoire) 51% 34% 79% 30% 0% 69% 0% 49% 52% 37% 49% 32% 23% 12% 22% 31% 39% 44%
ACE Impact Project Room for improvement Understand what is behind the low achievements in specific DLIs Support Centers (and provide more time) to recover from low performance DLIs: short courses, accreditation, internships, innovation and entrepreneurship, Increase knowledge exchange / sharing best practices (Networks!) Identify and recognise exceptional performance (some Centers excel in specific DLIs!) Reallocate funds among DLIs (not only among Centers)
THANK YOU Project Thematic Areas APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES/EDUCATION STEM AGRICULTURE HEALTH ENVIRONMENT
