The State of Science Education in Africa-NASAC Science Education Programme (SEP) Survey Report

In early 2020, members of NASAC Science Education Programme (SEP) Working Group resolved to undertake a baseline survey on the State of Science Education in Africa. The survey would enable NASAC review Science Education in the broad context of its availability as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in the curricula of different national education systems in the continent.

The assumption was that science education in Africa is taught in the pedagogical context of Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) (also described as discovery methods, ‘learning by doing’, problem-based approach, experimental science and innovation).

A survey questionnaire was subsequently generated and circulated to NASAC members to distribute to secondary schools in their countries. The survey was administered between 11 November 2020 and 12 February 2021.

This report provides an analysis and summary of the findings of that survey on ‘The State of Science Education in Africa.