Higher education in Libya, system under stress

Higher Education in the Middle East and North Africa

“…Tamtam et al (2011), as such, recommends that the private higher education institutions should go through a thorough check by the Ministry and NCQAA before the grant of the licence, for instance, the background of the institutions, programme offered, admission policy, programme structure and so forth. Senior officials from MHESR and the National Centre for Quality Assurance and Accreditation for Education and Training Institutes (NCQAA) (personal communication, May 28, 2013) shared that as private higher education institutions have to undergo the process of quality assurance and accreditation, increasingly, public perception towards private institutions has changed.…”

Factors affecting the implementation of communicative language teaching in Libyan secondary schools

“…Moreover, in 1970, a training centre for Libyan teachers was established in an attempt to improve the quality of Libyan teachers and replace the Egyptian teachers and teachers of other nationalities who dominated the teaching sector. The number of educated Libyan women also increased rapidly, with more than 70% of women being literate by 2004 (Tamtam et al 2011). As Hamdy (2007:2) stated, in the Libyan Country Report:…”

Innovations and Curriculum Development for Technical and Engineering Education in Libya

“…However, this rapid structural advancement has come with framework pressures that seem to be weighing heavily on it. Socio-cultural issues have also weighed on the system and in the past saw the ban of foreign being imposed barring universities to teach foreign language [27].…”

“…Libyan universities face challenges to improve the quality of education services, the efficiency of education expenditure and to introduce new teaching and learning methods. These challenges include the provision of better teacher training and qualifications, finding mechanisms for adopting etechnologies, providing professional development and technological infrastructure and overcoming culture influences [3], [27].…”