Higher education in Libya: Challenges and future plans
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2016-06-30
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Libyan International Medical University
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Educational institutions are the principle pillars for establishment of sustainable human
development which leads to community progress. Therefore, it is essentially important to
develop their infrastructure, programs, and financial resources and assure the quality of their
outcome to effectively respond and fulfill community needs.
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Internal challenges of the higher educational system in Libya that affecting its own
performance are presented in this paper, even though this does not under estimate the effect
of other external threats, but they just remain beyond the scope of this paper.
These challenges include; lack of a national strategic plan, poor primary and secondary
school output, excessive students’ admission, structural problems, poor infrastructure,
administrative and legal problems, poor academic staff performance, outdated curricula and
teaching methods, poor financial resources, poor research and postgraduate programs.
Inevitably, the first step in treatment of such situation is to adopt a national strategy for
higher education to know where we stand and to decide where to go and how to reach there.
This of course in addition to linking educational programs to local, national and international
market needs and promoting investment in education.
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Higher education, strategic planning, Libya
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