Rural education and training in sub-Saharan Africa

Rural education and training are essential to overcoming poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. If people are skilled to manage their resources better, they can improve productivity and sustainability – even with population growth and environmental degradation. Governments should make education policies coherent and training relevant. They need to apply recent innovations and improve leadership and management.

In sub-Saharan Africa, rural areas are often rich in resources and could generate wealth for local communities, but they are still underdeveloped, according to recent research from Reading University, in the UK. The study outlines a ten step framework for improving rural education and training (RET) in order to increase the productivity of millions of small rural households.

Improving food security remains the primary goal for most, but they also need to increase surpluses of raw and processed food products to sell in local and export markets. Formal and non-formal training institutions need to play an active developmental role in their local communities, as well as their wider educational role. Governments also need to make changes that reflect technological advances in agriculture, as well as the increasing economic and social pressures.

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