Continuity and discontinuity in education and training systems in Africa

This study is the result of joint research that began in 2016 and was completed at the end of 2019. It is not the “end” in the sense that everything has been analysed and concluded, but rather it is the end of a stage that paves the way to other potential areas for joint work and coordinated investigations.

The willingness of ICQN member countries to take the time to present and analyse the various “education/training/work continuum” schemes was born of a strongly-held conviction among those responsible for the ICQN that the educational, professional and social success of many young Africans is not achieved by following a linear educational path to its conclusion, but rather through various different ways and means of acquiring knowledge and skills outside the established framework of formal education and training systems.

The work accomplished is the result of the remarkable effort made over the last three years by a large number of country experts.