Africa
‘Only five Nigerian universities have standard libraries’
Share Only five out of the 120 university libraries in Nigeria can meet the scholarly needs of a university community, former president the Nigerian Library Association (NLA), Professor Lenrie O. Aina said at the weekend. The professor of library and ... Read More »
Kenya: Universities and colleges board to replace JAB
Share The Joint Admission Board recent selection of candidates qualified to join public universities could be its last because a new body will perform the task in the future. The new Commission of University Education Act (2012) which replaced the ... Read More »
Tanzania: UDSM among Africa’s top 20 universities
Share The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) has been named among the top 20 performing universities in Africa. An international online Universities and Colleges ranking directory recently published its 2013 current top 100 universities and colleges in Africa, mentioning ... Read More »
Nigeria: ICPC, NUC Seal 41 Illegal Universities
Share The joint task team of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission and National Universities Commission said they have commenced a nationwide operation to seal off identified illegal universities. The chairman of the task team, Professor Olu ... Read More »
South African University makes Zulu compulsory
Share A leading South African university says it will make Zulu language classes compulsory for all first-year students from next year. The decision by the University of KwaZulu-Natal is aimed at promoting “nation-building and bringing diverse languages together”, an official ... Read More »
Nigeria: NUC names 41 illegal universities
Share The National Universities Commission (NUC) has unveiled the identities of the illegal “universities” with known addresses operating in the country. The commission disclosed this yesterday at the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) headquarters during a ... Read More »
Ghana: Gov’t is committed to upgrading polytechnics into technical universities -Minister
Share Education Minister Professor Naana Opoku-Agyeman at the weekend reiterated government’s plans to upgrade the various polytechnics in the country to technical universities. She said the prime aim of establishing those institutions was to offer practical programmes to develop middle-level ... Read More »
Two new universities to open next year
Share Two new universities earmarked for Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape will open their doors next year, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said. “Much preparatory work has been done and I now expect to establish the two institutions as legal ... Read More »
University of Namibia to open a Confucius Institute
Share The University of Namibia (UNAM) has reserved 400 square meters of land for the construction of the Confucius Institute in its main campus in Windhoek, director of the institute at UNAM Zhang Sufang revealed. This comes after the China ... Read More »
Angola: Bié Government sign accords with Portuguese universities
Share The government of the central Bié province, the Portuguese Trás-os-Montes University and thePolytechnic Institute of Coimbra signed, two co-operation accords, Angop has learnt. The protocols will enable students of Bié to attend graduation courses in Portugal, as well as ... Read More »
