NGOP0016-INTERVIEW WITH JUDITH OBI (AFRICA EDUCATION AID FOR DEVELOPMENT NETWORK)

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The general picture for education in Africa is one of ongoing progress and constant challenges. While no African country has achieved universal primary education, the number of children enrolled in primary school more than doubled between 1990 and 2012, according to “The State of Education in Africa Report 2015,” which was published by the Africa-America Institute. Yet in 2012, the average pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary school was 42 to 1, unchanged since 1999. In terms of higher education, enrollment more than doubled between 2000 and 2010 – with 50 percent more students per professor at African universities compared to the global average.

African education needs more of everything – more schools, more trained teachers, more investment. Certainly greater participation by the private sector and strengthening public/private partnerships would assist governments and bolster public sector funds to finance Africa’s public education system.

Africa is the youngest continent, with 200 million young people between the ages of 15 and 24, the Africa-America Institute reports. By 2040, Africa will have the world’s youngest labor force. Young people in Africa need jobs and a positive outlook for their lives ahead. They need to realize their vision and to lead Africa forward. A quality education is a foundation and the essence of their future.

With that being said, Non-governmental organizations have stood up in the different part of the African continent to contribute their own quota and make things right for the African child.

Out of these organizations doing fantastically well is AFRICA EDUCATION AID FOR DEVELOPMENT NETWORK, a non for profit organization which is based in Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa.

On this episode, I will be speaking with Judith Obi, the executive director of the organization, a young change maker and an amazing lady!