Insights on higher education assessment, academic innovation, and the future of grading in African universities

The AI space is obsessed with speed. But in education, a grade affects a student's future. This piece makes the case for why accuracy is the only metric that matters — with real data from a Ghanaian university trial.

African universities serve 50% more students per lecturer than the global average — and enrolment is still growing. This blog explores what that reality means for faculty workloads, student outcomes, and the limits of traditional policy responses, and looks at how AI innovation in assessment is emerging as a practical response to a structural challenge.