In 2011 the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa
(OSISA) conducted a research study in five of the countries
in the region – Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, Namibia and
Swaziland – to draw an up-to-date map of the current state
of youth and adult education in these countries – the policies,
institutional frameworks, governance, funding, provision
and stakeholders. In addition, the study looked at the quality
and coherence of the current base as a foundation for future
growth and action that is congruent with the vision of open
societies in which every citizen has access to free education
facilitative of full participation in a democratic society.