ABSTRACT
Education on the African continent faces major problems as the world enters the last decade of the century. In spite of nations allocating substantial amounts of their budget for education and in spite of the dramatic increase in the number of students enrolled in formal education during the past three decades, persistent and debilitating problems remain. An entrenched colonial heritage, overcrowded classrooms, a scarcity of teaching material, and inadequately prepared teachers are just a few of the most pressing problems. Added to this is a rapid growth in the number of children seeking schooling during a period of scarce financial resources (World Bank 1988, 1-2).
