Title: An assessment of higher education system and institutional policies alignment with sustainable development goals in Mozambique

Authors: Herieta Massango; Malaquias Zildo António Tsambe; Lars Geschwind; Patrício Vitorino Langa

Addresses: Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquars Backe 31, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Studies in Environmental Technologies, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Pedagogical University of Maputo, Lhanguene Campus, Maputo, Mozambique ' Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquars Backe 31, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Studies in Environmental Technologies, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Pedagogical University of Maputo, Lhanguene Campus, Maputo, Mozambique ' Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquars Backe 31, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden ' Institute for Post School Studies, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa; Faculty of Education, Eduardo Mondlane University, Julius Nyerere Avenue, University Campus 3453 C, Maputo, Mozambique

Abstract: In this study, the national education policies and the selected four universities policies were analysed to evaluate their intent to the alignment with the sustainability. An assessment tool based on the 17 SDGs and on Mozambique's commitment goals to the 2030 Agenda was developed as instrument of analysis. NVivo 12 software was used to codify the sustainability indicators in the assessment tool. The HE policies show week integration of SDGs in a top bottom perspective. There is a lack of harmony between national and institutional policies resulting in the disparity founded on the presence of SDGs. The absence of an updated national policy on HE, contributes to the weak approach of SDGs in the HE institutional policies demonstrated by the absence of presupposes for the integration, implementation and materialisation of the goals by universities. This paper shows the current state of integration of SDGs in Mozambique HE policies.

Keywords: sustainable development goals; SDGs; higher education; policies.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHES.2022.128679

International Journal of Higher Education and Sustainability, 2022 Vol.4 No.2, pp.115 - 133

Received: 15 Feb 2022
Accepted: 30 Apr 2022
Published online: 01 Feb 2023 *

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