COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CONVENTIONAL AND LMD SYSTEMS IN RDC

The Congolese university was inspired by the Belgian education system. Despite several reforms notably in 1981 and 2004 the Congolese university system has struggled to adapt to international developments. The integration of the LMD system has led to the revision of curricula to better meet the needs of the job market and to promote the professionalization of higher education.An analysis of higher education reforms in DR Congo focusing on the adoption of the LMD system in 2014 has highlighted the many challenges and resistances facing these transformations. The DR Congo is not an isolated case; it is part of a wider movement of university reforms in Africa sharing similar issues.This book makes a comparative study of the traditional system and the so-called LMD (Licence-Master-Doctorat) system and explains the benefits for the DRC of adopting the new LMD-based reform.