The Sub-Saharan Africa economy expanded 4.6% in the year 2012, contrary to Europe’s economy which shrank by 3%, according to Standard Investment Bank (SIB) research report 2012. There has been an influx of investment both foreign and domestic hence great need to meet this supply by providing a highly qualified human resource base.
A look
at our Universities and Tertiary Institutions credited with this task has
however been on slow pace. The government has put effort in transforming
colleges and Universities to meet the ever rising demand for professional in
all fields. However, criticism has rocked the process with stakeholders discrediting
the education system. Top management consultant Salome Gitoho put blame on our education
system which they claim is focused on churning our job seekers instead of job
creators.
According
to survey rankings by 4ICU Organization in 2012, The University of Nairobi stands
out among the rest as top institution in academics in Kenya. It was ranked the
14th best University in Africa and the best in Kenya in the 2012 Top 100 Universities and Colleges in
Africa. The top 10 spots in Africa are all dominated by South African and
Egyptian universities, with South African universities topping the list with 8
in the top 10. Here is a list of how things are;
A.
Top Universities in Kenya
1. University of Nairobi – 14th
best in Africa2. Strathmore University at position 48 in Africa
3. Kenyatta University at Position 53 in Africa
4. United States International University - USIU at position 65 in Africa
5. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology at position 70 in Africa
6. Moi University at position 86 in Africa.
The University of Nairobi
B.
Top 3 Universities in Africa
all are from South Africa.
1. University of Cape Town 2. Universiteit Stellenbosch
3. University of Pretoria
University of Capetown
The survey shows who is who in Africa’s academic sector, a continent that has been seen with great potential in terms economic growth. Top world universities list is dominated by American and UK Universities and Colleges.
C.
Top 10 Universities
in the world
Not
to forget the big brothers, here are World's Best Universities rankings, based
on the QS World
University Rankings, evaluated schools in countries such as the United
Kingdom, Australia, China, and more, and identified these to be the world's top
universities.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Top World University Rankings
1. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) - US
2. University of Cambridge
- UK
3. Harvard
University - US
4. UCL
(University College London) - UK
5. Oxford
University - UK
6. Imperial
College London - UK
7. Yale
University – US
8. University of
Chicago – US
9. Princeton
University – US
10. California
Institute of Technology - US
