Profile of Regional HE System

The importance of higher education to achieve the SADC’s strategic vision

Female Graduates

Identifying demands on universities and finding new key opportunities

SARUA has noted several upcoming demands on universities as a result of new higher education policies advanced by the African Union (AU) and SADC, as well as new key opportunities. SARUA subscribes to the African Unions Agenda 2063 Vision and actively supports Quality Education as Global Goal 4 for Sustainable Development. SARUA agrees with the important role higher education has to play to achieve the SADC regions strategic vision:

  • The SADC Protocol on Education and Training defines a regional framework for maximising the effective utilisation of education resources in the region, to promote equivalence, harmonisation and standardisation through collaboration.
  • The Revised RISDP prioritises inter alia the implementation of a Regional Qualifications Framework, human resources skills development, matching of education with labour market demands and accelerating the development of priority sectors for industrial and infrastructure development.
  • The SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap provides a blueprint for inclusive, long-term modernisation and economic transformation in the SADC region and is based on three interdependent and mutually supportive strategic pillars: Industrialisation, Competitiveness and Regional Integration.