تدني التعليم الجامعي بالسودان-أمثلة لمواقف تثير الحزن وأخرى تثير الضحك

Quote: It is frequently forgotten that there are many “lists” that rank universities, each according to its own methods and criteria. Like many other lists, the Shanghai’s has been criticised, and it is seen by some to be biased towards natural sciences and to perhaps favour some Chinese universities. Another problem with the methodology, which Dr. Geushey has pointed out, is that it gives an arbitrarily high importance to publishing in the two elite journals, Science and Nature, and to Nobel Prize laureates. Having said that, it is nevertheless a measure of sorts, albeit not a very accurate one, and it does point to problems with the Egyptian universities, which is faced by the double whammy of increased numbers of students and serious lack of funding. These are real and serious problems. The increased number of students is a direct result to both population growth and to long-time skewed views in the job market and social status that unfairly undervalue persons engaged in trade and technical occupations, in favour of “white-collar” professionals. As for the funding, it is probably unrealistic to expect adequate budgets for the institutes of education (universities and schools) from governments that seriously lacks money (and don’t believe the popular assumption that Egypt is “very rich,” and if it wasn’t for corruption etc.. etc..) There is no magic solution or a quick fix, and until one that takes into consideration the special conditions of Egypt and the need of its citizens, there no reason to get hung up on this (or other) ranking lists. The priority should be to have a fair system that is affordable and that produces graduates who would fulfil the needs of Egypt. The competition for rank and fame can wait.