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Sao Tome and Principe by Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor, Lucio Lima Viegas Pinto, and James S. Taylor Introduction
The islands of Sao Tome and Principe are located in the Gulf of Guinea. The population of Sao Tome and Principe is currently estimated to be approximately 130,000.Institutions of Higher Education
The pre-independence absence of higher education in Sao Tome and Principe continued until 1996. The Ministry of Education established two institutions of higher learning in Sao Tome and Principe. The first one, created in 1994, is private and the second one, established in 1997, is public.Students
Students are typically young people who have just graduated from high school. At the same time, a reasonably large number are older, employed adults who are hoping to improve their formal education for career advancement purposes. For both subgroups of students, the vast majority are working and attending classes at the same time.Faculty
The vast majority of the professors are native Santomeans who have received their higher education abroad. A small percentage of the faculty is from Portugal and France.Funding and Resources
The IUCAI is a private institution and funding is driven primarily by tuition. With fewer than 100 students, revenues very small. The ISPSTP is a public institution where 90% of its budget is provided by the state.Note: For detailed account on the state of higher education in Sao Tome and Principe, please consult: Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor, Lucio Lima Viegas Pinto, and James S. Taylor, African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook (Damtew Teferra and Philip. G. Altbach, eds., Indiana University Press, 2003), pp. 512-515.
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