A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION COOPERATION PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIA AND TANZANIA

Abstract

ABSTRACT International development partners provides support to African countries, but Africa has been the continent in which foreign education strategies implementation become a problem due to diverse cultural differences such as religion, population and languages. This study investigated challenges encountered in the implementation of international education cooperation programmes in sub-Sahara Africa. Data is generated using E-questionnaires which was designed on 4-points Likert scale and sent to respondents. A total of one hundred respondents from Nigeria and Tanzania constituted the sample for the study. Simple random sampling technique was employed in selecting the respondents. Descriptive statistics using percentages and means was used to answer research questions and one-way t-test was also used for research hypothesis at 0.5 level of significant. The study revealed that the international education cooperation programmes are faced with various challenges in the implementation processes such as religious, cultural, environment, war, hunger and corruption. The study recommend that Relevant government departments in the recipient countries should be duly informed in the matters relating to international education cooperation programmes and should be involved in the design of the programmes.

Keywords

• challenges
• International
• Education
• programmes
• NIGERIA
• Tanzania

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION COOPERATION PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIA AND TANZANIA

Abstract

International development partners provides support to African countries, but Africa has been the continent in which foreign education strategies implementation become a problem due to diverse cultural differences such as religion, population and languages. This study investigated challenges encountered in the implementation of international education cooperation programmes in sub-Sahara Africa. Data is generated using E-questionnaires which was designed on 4-points Likert scale and sent to respondents. A total of one hundred respondents from Nigeria and Tanzania constituted the sample for the study. Simple random sampling technique was employed in selecting the respondents. Descriptive statistics using percentages and means was used to answer research questions and one-way t-test was also used for research hypothesis at 0.5 level of significant. The study revealed that the international education cooperation programmes are faced with various challenges in the implementation processes such as religious, cultural, environment, war, hunger and corruption. The study recommend that Relevant government departments in the recipient countries should be duly informed in the matters relating to international education cooperation programmes and should be involved in the design of the programmes.

Keywords

• challenges
• international
• education
• cooperation
• programmes
• Nigeria
• Tanzania

References

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