Education as the Root of Poverty in African Countries: Education-Induced Dependency Theory: Productive Capability, Economic and Development

What happens when people spend most of their lives being educated, graduate, and still cannot find >Education as the Root of Poverty in African Countries introduces Education-Induced Dependency Theory (EIDT), a proposed development framework examining how qualification-centred education can reinforce economic dependence when theoretical knowledge is not matched by sufficient practical and productive >The book explores the relationship between education, graduate unemployment, skills mismatch, employment dependence and African development. Rather than rejecting education, it argues for a broader purpose: education should develop people who can not only seek jobs, but also produce, build, solve problems, create >Drawing on established development thought while presenting a distinct theoretical model, this concise monograph invites readers, educators, policymakers and researchers to reconsider how education can strengthen productive capability and economic self-reliance.