Abstract
Building on a presentation made at the closing plenary of OIEC’s World Congress in New York, this paper considers two trends affecting Catholic education globally and their potential implications for university research and programs in support of K12 schools. The first trend is the shift of enrollment in K12 Catholic education towards the global south and especially Africa in terms of the sheer number of students enrolled in schools. The second trend relates to the deepening learning crisis in K12 education affecting much of the developing world, and again especially Africa. These two trends have implications for university research and programs in support of K12 Catholic schools on the continent. The paper argues that apart from discussions related to Catholic identity, which are of course important, more attention should be placed by universities, including in the West, on the related but distinct issue of how to improve basic learning for students enrolled in K12 Catholic schools in the global south.
DOI
10.15365/joce.2401172021
First Page
270
Last Page
284
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Recommended Citation
Wodon, Q. (2021). Rise of Catholic Schools in the Global South and Implications for University Research. Journal of Catholic Education. https://doi.org/10.15365/joce.2401172021
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