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CAA Survey of the Architectural Profession in the Commonwealth

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7.3 EDUCATION AND TRAINING

7.3.1 NUMBER AND TYPES OF SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE Region

Country

Total Schools

Schools/m population

Africa

Botswana Ghana South Africa Uganda

1 2 £42.79 9 4

0.44 0.07 0.16 0.10

Asia

Bangladesh Hong Kong Malaysia Pakistan Sri Lanka

30 6 24 33 2

0.18 £236.17 0.82 £236.17 0.76 0.17 0.09

0

0.00

12

0.33

4 1 46

3.42 2.29 0.70

18 3

0.75 0.64

Caribbean Antigua and and America Barbuda Canada Europe Cyprus Malta United Kingdom Pacific Australia New Zealand

While no benchmarks exist regarding the number of schools of architecture per head of population, it will be noted that the average for developed economies such as the Australia, Hong Kong and Australia is around 0.70 schools per million head of population. It is interesting to compare this with figures from other, especially those from countries which are rapidly urbanising as this highlights the urgent need to find alternative means by which to accelerate capacity development. While not captured by the survey responses, it is known that issues also exist regarding the lack of consistency of education standards among certain Commonwealth countries. The CAA helps to support education standards by means of its of its validation process36.

36 http://www.comarchitect.org/schools/

United Kingdom

46 33

Pakistan

30

Bangladesh

24

Malaysia

18

Australia

12

Canada

9

South Africa

6

Hong Kong Uganda

4

Cyprus

4 3

New Zealand Sri Lanka

2

Ghana

2

Botswana 1 Malta 1 Antigua and Barbuda

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Figure 23 Number of architecture schools

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