Timeline for Mathematics Education in Africa
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| Mar 31, 2014 at 20:20 | comment | added | user230 | If you are interested in this idea begin with gathering a group of your colleagues and professors who are interested in this idea. Find all math students/professors of your country who live in US. Ask them to join the project. Also you can contact to United Nations about this idea. Surely there are some people there who can help you in this direction. Online announcements (e.g. MESE/MO/MSE/SO) could be useful too. | |
| Mar 31, 2014 at 20:15 | comment | added | user230 | The idea of a "seeding project" is interesting. Maybe a group of African and American mathematicians can organize a multi-national NGO with branches in both Africa and US. It could be a bridge for African students to go to developed countries. Also such a NGO can support them in standards of developed countries to back to their countries and work there to find more and more talented students. If this NGO is successful, there are many sources which can support it financially. After a while it is the target of almost all Western scholarships and there is no money for kids of politicians! | |
| Mar 31, 2014 at 19:48 | comment | added | John Smith | It's a very difficult problem. I can best tell you what problems you'll encounter whatever you do. If you can solve the math problem you can solve Africa's main problem. The best would be organic growth as happened all other nations with a strong math presence, but this requires a competent government. Second best would be to train Africans in developed countries and have them be seeds for mathematical growth, but how do you convince them to go back and what support will you provide when they are there? | |
| Mar 31, 2014 at 19:19 | comment | added | user230 | What is your idea about a possible solution for this situation in your country? Who and how can help in this direction? | |
| Mar 31, 2014 at 19:12 | comment | added | John Smith | The southern part of Africa. I had been asked to help in the founding of AIM around 1996, but left before anything concrete had been drawn up. | |
| Mar 31, 2014 at 18:59 | comment | added | user230 | Based on your answer the main problem of math research in Africa is a political problem produced by governments and politicians. I would like to emphasize on this really true part of your answer: My personal belief is that EU and US aid is a very bad thing. It perpetuates the beggar mentality of Africa (unless that's the plan of course). All those scholarships given by the western world are distributed to the politicians' kids. Would you please let me know where is your country? East, West, South, Center of Africa? | |
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| Mar 31, 2014 at 18:25 | comment | added | user230 | (+1) Thank you very much for your interesting answer. Welcome to MESE, John! | |
| Mar 31, 2014 at 18:23 | history | answered | John Smith | CC BY-SA 3.0 |