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Regional Seminar on Basic Science Teaching in African Universities

Rabat, Morocco, 13–22 December 1962

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

E. Laing
E. Laing
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Ghana
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Over 50 people attended this seminar, organised by the Department of Natural Sciences of U.N.E.S.C.O., including 32 specialists from 22 African university institutions. Documents had previously been submitted by each participating country, summarising the following data on science faculties: numbers of lecturers and students, capacity of departments, facilities for teaching and research, and development plans. The working languages were English and French; simultaneous interpretation was provided. The seminar was conducted mainly in plenary sessions; papers written mostly by U.N.E.S.C.O. consultants served as bases for discussing the teaching of specific subjects (mathematics, physics, geology, chemistry, and biology), the emphasis throughout being on first-year university work. More general topics included co-operation between university and government, and between African countries in science teaching.

Type
Africana
Information
The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 1963 , pp. 252 - 253
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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