Africa Education Review has been in existence since 1972 under the name Educare. For many years it served as the in-house publication vehicle for members of staff in the Faculty of Education at the University of South Africa (Unisa). A decision was taken in 2003 that the journal should change in status from being an in-house journal to one that is housed in the Faculty of Education.  

The Journal has now become a publication outlet for academics nationally and internationally and has its home at the University of South Africa, South Africa.  The Journal has been published biannually but will be published triennially as from 2011.

Aims and Scope

Africa Education Review is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal that seeks the submission of unpublished articles on current educational issues. It encourages debate on theory, policy and practice on a wide range of topics that represent a variety of disciplines, interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary and transdisciplinary interests on international and global scale.  The journal therefore welcomes contributions from associated disciplines including sociology, psychology and economics. Africa Education Review is interested in stimulating scholarly and intellectual debate on education in general, and higher education in particular on a global arena.  What is of particular interest to the Journal are manuscripts that seek to contribute to the challenges and issues facing primary and secondary in general, and higher education on the African continent and in the global contexts in particular.  The journal welcomes in particular, contributions based on sound theoretical framework relating to policy issues and practice on the various aspects of higher education. 

Africa Education Review challenges contributors to use innovative, provocative and creative ways of presenting and reporting on their research. The Journal encourages authors to write clearly, logically and systematically in order to ensure that the content is accessible to a wide readership, particularly those individuals who may not be familiar with the subject and the context within which the article is conceptualised.  It also welcomes contributions in areas of policy.

Themes

The Journal may, from time to time, limit a specific issue to a theme, or it may adopt a dual approach of dedicating a section of the issue to a specific theme, or it may be completely open thematically.

Peer review

All articles published in the journal are subjected to a rigorous peer-review system.