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!Mathematics in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Background Information

The John Templeton Foundation recently asked the International Mathematical Union to conduct for them a survey on Mathematics in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities. The survey should provide the following information: !

1) A brief account of the current situation of mathematical development on the African continent: i) by region (North Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa) ii) by mathematical specialty iii) by educational infrastructure

Basic questions: 1. Which countries in Africa have a strong university education in mathematics? In which mathematical areas are their strengths? 2. Which countries have viable centers for research in mathematics? What mathematical areas are represented? 3. Which countries have a strong development in secondary mathematics education? 4. Which countries have a strong development in elementary mathematics education? What is the balance between urban centers and schools in the countryside? 5. To what extent is mathematics education informed by traditions from colonial periods? 6. What is the existing network of relationships as regards mathematics teaching and research? 7. What is the role of ethno-mathematics?

2) An analysis of strengths and weaknesses: i) by region (North Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa) ii) by mathematical specialty iii) by educational infrastructure

Basic questions: 1.! Which areas of mathematics are strongest on the African continent? How do these

map to African needs? 2.! What are the advantages and disadvantages for mathematical development of

continuing ties with former colonial powers? 3.! Given their size and population, what are the appropriate roles of countries like

Nigeria and South Africa in mathematical development on the continent? 4.! What is the role of the countries of North Africa? Has the proximity of Western

Europe served to enhance their mathematical development?

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3) School mathematics: i) by region (North Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa) ii) by educational policy

Basic questions: 1. On a per-country basis, what is the number of ten-year-old to eighteen-year-old students for each mathematics teacher? 2. What is the normal education level for secondary school math teachers in Africa? Do they need bachelor's degrees?

4) What are the opportunities for talented/high achieving students? i) by region (North Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa)

ii) by educational policy.

Basic questions: 1. Are there screening systems in African countries to identify exceptionally gifted math students? 2. If such screening tools exist, to what use are they put? Do such screening procedures lead to placing these highly-gifted students in special accelerated schools or courses? 3. Is there a system of educational tracking of highly talented math students to assure their entry into topflight universities with strong mathematics departments? 4. What are the educational career opportunities for highly-talented math students in Africa? How does this vary by specific countries within Africa? 5. What are the commercial or specialized career opportunities, such as research, engineering, etc, for talented and well-trained math students in Africa?

5) Highlight a selection of opportunities for highly leveraged investment in Africa's mathematical future. Basic questions:

1.! Which are the greatest opportunities for improvement in mathematical development and training?

2.! How are these challenges affected by the spread of universal elementary education in an increasing number of African countries?

6) Provide a vision for cohesive, sustainable development through networking and building on existing nodes of quality.

Basic questions: 1.!Single nation strategies vs. regional or continental approach. 2.!Building on the strengths of Francophone and Anglophone traditions in mathematical

training and development . 7) Provide a vision of the mechanics of investment in Africa's mathematical development.

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Basic questions: 1.! What are the current initiatives to encourage the development of mathematics and

mathematics education on the African continent? 2.! To what extent is cooperation with these initiatives, as opposed to initiating new ones,

the more effective and highly leveraged strategy? !!

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!The members of the team of experts who will oversee the preparation and submission of this study are the following: Professor Sir John Ball, Mathematics Department, Oxford University, UK. Professor Ball is a research mathematician specializing in the area of Nonlinear Analysis and its applications to materials science. He is the recipient of several mathematical honours and prizes. He is the former President of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) and a current member of the IMU Executive Committee. Professor David Bekollé, Vice Rector of the University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere, Cameroon, and Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere. Professor Bekollé is a research mathematician in the area of Classical Analysis. He is a member of the Programme Committee of the African Mathematics Millennium Science Initiative (AMMSI). Professor Herbert Clemens, Professor of Mathematics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. He co-chairs the Developing Countries Strategy Group of the IMU and is a consultant for the African Mathematics Millennium Science Initiative. Ms. Arlen Hastings, Executive Director of the Science Initiative Group (SIG), Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA (www.ias.edu/sig). SIG is an international team of scientific leaders and supporters dedicated to fostering science in developing countries through projects including the Millennium Science Initiative, conceived of and implemented in partnership with the World Bank, and the African Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE), supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Professor Edward Lungu is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana. He is a research mathematician in the area of mathematical modelling especially as it applies to biological problems. He chairs the Advisory Board of the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and is a member of the Programme Committee of AMMSI. He is former Chair of the Mathematics Department of his university and former President of the Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association.

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Professor Wandera Ogana, Professor of Mathematics of the University of Nairobi, Kenya, is a research mathematician in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Mathematical Modelling. He is former Chair of the Department of Mathematics and former Dean of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Nairobi. Professor Ogana is the Chair of the Programme Committee of AMMSI. Ms. Sharon Berry Laurenti, Administrative Secretary of IMU's Developing Countries Strategy Group, based at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, will serve as Secretary for the project.!!

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