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Partners situated in Benin

None.

Benin in a nutshell

Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in Western Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north; its short coastline to the south leads to the Bight of Benin.

Its size is just over 110,000 sq km with a population of almost 8,500,000.

Its capital is the Yoruba founded city of Porto Novo, but the seat of government is the Fon city of Cotonou.

Benin was known as Dahomey until 1975.

French is the official language of Benin, but most people speak an African language. Traditional religious beliefs are professed by about 60% of the population. Islam is the religion of about 15% of the people, most of whom live in the north. Christianity, especially Roman Catholicism, is the religion of about 20%, the great majority of whom live in the south.

For a longer summary see Wikipedia or http://www.internationaleducationmedia.com/benin/


Benin education policy

Benin education system

Higher education

Universities in Benin

There are just one or two universities in Benin known to the web.


Polytechnics in Benin

Higher education reform

The Bologna Process

Administration and finance

Quality assurance

Benin's HEIs in the information society

Towards the information society

Information society strategy

Virtual Campuses in HE

Interesting Virtual Campus Initiatives

None known.


Interesting Programmes

Re.ViCa Case-study

Lessons learnt

References


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