This official website of the university of Nouakchott offers information about the general administration and studying at the university, supplemented by official guidelines and laws from the field of education policy, by details on student’s life, on the Mauretanian education system and the disciplines and core aspects of the university.
The Mauritanian Ministry for National Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research provides on its website documents, laws and official decrees concerning the official higher education and scientific policy.
This page shows a table with student numbers of 1991/92 to 2003. It is about the count of students, the number of students per teacher and the percentage of female students.
Unesco/INISTE have prepared a regional page for the „Arab States“, also introducing the Centre supérieur d’enseignement technique ( CSET) in Mauretania. This institution is occupied with developmental work in the field of technical education and training at national level. In a tabular form brief information is provided about the scope of work, the educational levels and areas covered and the working languages used.
This study published in 2003 by UNESCO treats the Mauritanian education system and situation. It focuses on the analysis of the access to fundamental education esp. regarding early childhood and alphabetisation. Besides, it concentrates on the education policy and its possibility to influence current trends and develops a critical view on the education reform and a better educative promotion.
The Panafrican Institute for Development – West Africa/Sahel (PAID/WAS) is a subregional institution founded in 1964. It is part of the network of the international association „Institut Panafricain pour le Développement“ (IPD). The area of operation of the IPD-AOS ranges over 12 francophone and lusophone countries of Africa; Burkina Faso, Benin, Cape Verde, the Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo and the Chad. The mission of IPD-AOS is to foster these countries through the support of the capacities in development institutions and in the fields of formation, succor/council and research and innovation.
AFRISTAT is an international organization created by a treaty signed September 21, 1993 in Abidjan by the 14 African member countries of the franc zone. At present (march 2011) the organization counts 19 members. The organization provides the activities of national statistical offices in member states. AFRISTAT also promotes regional and economic integration by aiming for consistency and better comparability of statistical data. Furthermore it supports national statistical offices in data collection and processing. Its work covers the following areas: the organization, the administration of statistical systems and national accounts. But besides all those facts the website offers a diversity of topics such as graphics of the international markets, or recent statistics or the agenda dossier which is available without any charge. *** AFRISTAT est une organisation internationale créée par un traité signé le 21 septembre 1993 à Abidjan par les 14 pays africains membres de la Zone Franc mais maintenant (mars 2011) il y a 19 membres. Avec la mission de contribué au développement des statistiques économiques, sociale et de l`environnement dans les Etats membres et de renforcer leurs compétences dans ces domaines ils ont aussi le rôle de conseiller les Instituts nationaux de statistique et de soutenir leur action. Le siège est a Bamako au Mali. De plus, le site web informe sur ses activités comme les séminaires sur la conjoncture économique ou sur les statistiques données. Le site montre aussi des graphiques sur les marchés internationaux et offre des publications sur les pays, les documentations etc.
ERNWACA-ROCARE was founded in 1989 as a network of educational researchers from 17 West and Central African countries. The network cooperates with education ministries, NGOs and universities of the respective countries concerning research projects but also giving advice and dealing with implementation of concepts etc. The website also provides a digital library with many fulltext documents (national reports, studies, the Journal of Educational Research in Africa and more). Since August 2016, ERNWACA-ROCARE has been publishing the ERNWACA Outreach Journal (Revue de vulgarisation du ROCARE). – Besides ERNWACA-ROCARE, there is the African Educational Research Network (AERN) founded in 1992. This network has 8 members (universities) from anglophone African countries, two of which are also members of ERNWACA-ROCARE. The journal „The African Symposium“ published by AERN mainly comprises articles from Nigerian authors. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
The French website France diplomatie is a website of the ministry of foreign affairs which offers a useful listage of 28 African countries. On following the links, one will find descriptions concerning the organisation of the higher education system of each of those countries. Furthermore you will get a detailed overview of the state-aided institutions as well as the universities and the technical colleges. The principals of the higher education system are also mentioned. One will also get information about cooperation such as with countries abroad. On the top bottom there are useful contact data of the ministries or persons. *** Le site web France diplomatie est un site du ministère des affaires étrangères qui contient un listage sur 28 pays d’Afrique. Sur les liens suivants on y trouvera des descriptions concernant l’organisation de l’enseignement supérieur de chaque pays mentionné ci-dessus. En outre on y trouvera des informations sur les organisations des études et des enseignements dispensés. Les principaux atouts du système d’enseignement supérieur sont aussi décrits. De plus, on reçoit des renseignements sur des coopérations existantes avec les établissements d’enseignement supérieur. Finalement des contacts utiles son indiqués au bout de chaque lien.
The site Country-Facts.com offers short, informative articles for most countries on earth that serve to give a first overview of the country. Specific topics are discussed in further contributions. The site makes no claim to completeness, may in some cases, however, be quite helpful.
