The North-South-South Higher Education Programme: What is in it for partner institutions? The case of the University of Botswana

The paper looks at the place of the University of Botswana within the North-South-South Higher Education Programme. In particular it assesses the benefits that have accrued to the university as well as what the university stands to benefit in future by virtue of being a member in the programme. Within the programme, UB is a partner in a music project titled The Role of Music in Strengthening Cultural Identity in Southern Africa that aims to promote music education among the six partner universities. Since its inception the project has seen a massive students and staff exchange among the partner African universities, in the south and the University of Jyvaskyla in the north. Following the assessment a conclusion has been reached that UB has benefitted immensely from the project within a short period of becoming a partner institution. Lastly it has been observed that the NSS remains a North-South affair as collaboration within the South South axis is taking off to a slow start and not yet fully defined.