CAPE VERDE: PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES PLAY STRONG CARDS TO ENTER IN THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC ARENA
May 1st, 2021
Cape Verdean public universities are competing to raise their country’s profile as an international HE centre - launching new modern facilities, degree courses taught entirely in English and multiple international agreements.
Being a tourism-dependent archipelago highly affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, the Cape Verde GDP dropped 14.8% last year - the worst economic performance in its history. Thus, the role played by universities to support the economy is more important than ever.
As a result, the government is happy that the new campus of the University of ...
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