Awardees 2011-2012

2011

Dr. Ibrahim Kasirye, Uganda

The title of his wining article: “The socioeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS on education outcomes in Uganda: School enrolment and the schooling gap in 2002/2003”.

Published in International Journal of Educational Development, vol. 30 (2010)

Dr. Ibrahim Kasirye is a Development Economist and Head of the Micro Department and Senior Research Fellow at the Economy Policy Research Centrer (EPRC)

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Dr. Nana Adowaa Boateng, Ghana

The title of her wining research: “Public Expenditure Management and Education Outcomes”.

Presented to the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Dr. Nana Adowaa Boateng is a Senior Public Management Specialist at the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) in South Africa.

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2011

Dr. Adesoji Adeolu ONI, Nigeria

Position: Lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Research Interests: He specializes in Sociology of Education and Foundation Studies in education, with particular interests in social problems in education, teacher education, social change in education, social deviances/social disorganizations in education with focus on students’ secret cult in Nigeria. He has published widely, with about 87 publications in these areas throughout the World.

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2012

Prof. Abdoulaye Diagne, Sénégal

Statut: Professeur titulaire à la Faculté de sciences économiques et de gestion à l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) et Directeur du Consortium pour la recherche économique et sociale (CRES) à Dakar.

Intérêts de Recherche: Politiques de développement avec un accent particulier sur celles relatives aux réformes économiques, à l’éducation, la pauvreté, l’intégration régionale et les nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication. Il a publié de nombreux ouvrages et plus d’une vingtaine d’articles.

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Prof. Michael Cross, South Africa

Position: Professor in the Department of Education and Curriculum studies, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg

Research Interests: Educational leadership, higher education policies issues

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2012

Prof. Pai Obanya, Nigeria

Position: Independent Educationist, Researcher and Education Development Activitst; Chairman of Council of the WAEC; Former Director of UNESCO/ BREDA.

Research Interests: Educational politics, policies, programs, processes and products

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Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA/ROCARE) Headquarted in Mali 

• Created in Freetown (Sierra Leone) in 1989
• 17 member countries and about 1000 researchers
• Main Research activities: Transnational studies, small grants program for young researchers 
• Current Head: Dr. Ida Jallow-Sallah (The Gambia)

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ERNWACA
Dr. Ida Jallow-Sallah

Wits School of Education, South Africa 

• Leading school in the Faculty of humanities at University of Wits
• Host of MARANG Center for Math and Science Education; Center of research into labor (REAL);Center for Deaf Studies
• Current Head: Professor Ruksana Osman

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Wits School of Education
Prof. Ruksana Osman