EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TEACHING AND LEARNING: LESSONS FROM THE SOUTH

The various changes created by inter alia globalisation and irrelevant primary and secondary education in the public sector necessitate that institutions of higher learning critically access their strategies to deliver public servants with the appropriate skills to address these changes and challenges emanating from it. In order to improve the poor throughput rate of public servants, particular adjustments need to be made to the method of instruction. In this article it is proposed that a paradigm shift from teaching to learning should take place with the implication that public servants will be able to carry out their jobs effectively leading to better services once they are employed in the public sector.