Afghan university students still do not have proper textbooks. Their professors give them so-called ‘chapters’ – copies of excerpts from lecture notes or books that, too, are often out-dated. Libraries on the other hand remain underfunded dumping grounds for donated books that mostly do not fit needs, curricula or lecture contents. Why is that still so, 13 years into an intervention that has hailed education as a success story? AAN’s Christine Roehrs analyses the main barriers to more, more-relevant and up-to-date learning and teaching resources and introduces solutions suggested by professors and advisors that would finally provide students with suitable textbooks. Unfortunately, she says, neither the upcoming new five year strategic plan for the higher education sector nor the few big donors in the field seem to see the urgency.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:13:13 +0000
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