@inbook{c47a70be777e4fa090a66ab29651c51d,
title = "Responses and Mechanisms for Mitigating the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on East African Higher Education",
abstract = "The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought a new layer of complexity and uncertainty to an already volatile and contested higher education sector in Africa that had already triggered debates on the future of higher education services. Before COVID-19, transformation-oriented initiatives had already sought to effect institutional change in many of the higher education systems in Africa. These initiatives were aided by the adoption of regulations aimed at overcoming critical challenges including access, quality, relevance and equity. They have been grounded in several policy frameworks enacted within higher education systems on the continent. This chapter is intended to reflect on higher education policy transformation and the ongoing initiatives aimed at mitigating the impacts induced by COVID-19 in selected East African countries, namely Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. The chapter reflects on the institutional changes and COVID-19-induced transformation initiatives in the selected countries.",
keywords = "East Africa, critical reflection, educational access, educational quality, equity, relevance",
author = "Woldegiorgis, \{Emnet Tadesse\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1163/9789004514461\_006",
language = "English",
series = "African Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives",
publisher = "Brill Academic Publishers",
pages = "120--138",
editor = "Woldegiorgis, \{Emnet Tadesse\} and Petronnella Jonck",
booktitle = "African Higher Education",
address = "Netherlands",
}