Globalisation and the future of education in Africa

Abstract

This chapter locates the process of globalisation, not in the narrow context of economics, but rather in its wider guises: sociocultural and political culture, as well as all other processes aimed at enlarging all human capabilities for nation-building. Also, in this chapter, globalisation is argued to be a discursively constructed myth, or grand narrative. This chapter first presents the opportunities and challenges that globalisation offers to Africa and examines how public expenditure has been impacted by one aspect of globalisation the tidal force of finance-driven reform. We then review the way the process of globalisation, associated with neoconservative ideology is bound to reduce the ability of nations to collaborate and foster a human economic development partnership in national development (Zajda, Ideology. In: Phillips D (ed) Encyclopedia of educational theory and philosophy. Sage, Thousand Oaks, 2014a, Globalisation and Neo-liberalism as educational policy in Australia. In: Yolcu H, Turner D (eds) Neoliberal education reforms: a global analysis. Taylor ‖ Francis/Routledge, New York, pp 164 183, 2014b, Values education. In: Phillips D (ed) Encyclopedia of educational theory and philosophy. Sage, Thousand Oaks, 2014c). The chapter suggests regulating globalisation in ways that minimise its impact on education through the use of safety nets of market creation. The conclusion show that globalisation has the potential to positively affect wealth creation and bring about social justice in education, but its current design has not allowed the achievement of these noble goals.