Photo by Igno van Niekerk

 

The OECD review report for Free State is available here.

The executive summary is available here.

 

By participating in the OECD review the region hopes to:

• Develop a regional partnership between the state, the private sector and universities
• Gain knowledge and strategise how the region could benefit from its universities
• Assist the universities to strategise their institutional planning within the regional context

 

Key issues in the Free State

• Declining primary sector (agriculture and mining)
• Economic growth below national average
• High levels of poverty
• Negative impact of HIV/AIDS
• Relatively young population

 

More about the Free State Province, its higher education institutions and their role in regional development

• The Free State in brief
• Higher education in the Free State 
• Further reading and useful links 

 

Regional Co-ordinator in the Free State

Lochner Marais
Centre for Development Support (IB 100)
University of the Free State
PO Box 339
Bloemfontein
9300 South Africa

Tel: 27-(0)51-4012978

Fax: 27(0)514013424
E-mail: MaraisJGL[at]ufs.ac.za
www.ufs.ac.za/cds

 

 

 

 

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