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Record Nr.

UNINA9910734896903321

Autore

Yan Xinfeng

Titolo

Quality Education and International Partnership for Textile and Fashion : Hidden Potentials of East Africa / / edited by Xinfeng Yan, Lihong Chen, Hafeezullah Memon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

981-9913-20-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 pages)

Collana

SDGs and Textiles, , 2948-1244

Altri autori (Persone)

ChenLihong

MemonHafeezullah

Disciplina

746.9209676

Soggetti

Education, Higher

Professional education

Vocational education

Technical education

Higher Education

Professional and Vocational Education

Engineering and Technology Education

Educació superior

Disseny tèxtil

Disseny de vestits

Educació internacional

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Overview on textile and fashion industry in Tanzania: a need to realize its potential in poverty alleviation -- 3. Transformation of Higher Education in Kenya in the Context of Collaboration with China on Textile and Fashion -- 4. Textiles Engineering and Fashion Designing Pedagogies: Sudanese Higher Institutes for Textiles and Fashion Educations, Rural Development, Enterprises Investments, and their internationalization Perspectives -- 5. The Uganda Textile Higher Education: The Current Status -- 6. Overview Of Textile And Fashion Higher Education In Burundi -- 7.



Education and Investment Opportunities in the Textile and Apparel Sector in Ethiopia - An Overview -- 8. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book mainly focuses on SDG4- Quality Education, and aims to understand the past, present, and future of textile, fashion, apparel, and related study majors of East African countries. Professors and field experts in textile engineering of selected countries describe the potential and prospects of textile education and how it can lead to internationalization in the various chapters. It also discusses the textile university alliance and the potential for international education related to textiles in the developing region. With updated illustrations, images, data, graphs and tables, this book serves as a reference book for universities with textile engineering major in countries throughout the world.