ECOWAS seeks to harmonize academic curriculum, certificates
BY Virginia Oruma The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is developing modalities to harmonize academic degrees, curriculum and equivalence in West Africa due to the growing internalization of education and culture in the region. This formed part of discussions at the Joint Committee meeting of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture and the Committee on Communication and ICT of the ECOWAS Parliament held virtually(Zoom). Addressing Parliamentarians, Mrs. Rachel Ogbe, Principal Programme Officer on Education of the ECOWAS Commission, speaking on behalf of the ECOWAS Commissioner on Education, Science and Culture, stated that ECOWAS seeks to achieve a number of specific objectives, the first being to develop regional criteria for the harmonization of pre-university qualifications, in particular the period of study, content of curricula, qualification assessment and other prerequisites for the establishment of equivalence of Member States’ accreditation syste...