Limits of the LMD Reform in Cameroon
- 1 Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
- 2 Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China
Abstract
For more than two decades, the LMD system has been gaining more and more ground in universities, especially those in Europe and Africa. It was introduced in Cameroon universities in 2007, and several years after its implementation , there is obviously a lack of real progress in the internationalization and globalization of higher education. This article aims at drawing the attention of the authorities in charge of higher education to the challenges facing higher education institutions under the LMD system and proposes some possible solutions that can help improve the situation on the field. As such , the paper focuses on a contextualized definition of the LMD system and its objectives as thought by its founders at the Bologna process in 1999, which lead to one of the questions asked by many authors but still to be answered till date, namely “The LMD reform in Cameroon: A reform for which objectives?”. The next point is dedicated to some arguments that have encouraged the implementation of the LMD system in Cameroon as well as their limits. Finally, the paper proposes some solutions for the improvement of the LMD system if Cameroon intends to preserve this system for a long time. The main results that have evolved from the research are: the LMD system as applied in Cameroon universities doesn’t match with the original objectives; the adoption of the LMD model appears to be premature in Cameroon; the Cameroonian university environment requires a lot of upgrading work before embracing and really benefiting from the LMD system.
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