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 University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) The Open University of Tanzania Université
de Cocody (La Cote d'Ivoire)
University of Mauritius The University of Mauritius celebrated
for the first time, the African University Day. An exhibition was organized
on that occasion. Boards were displayed to inform students about African
Universities (location in the region, entry requirements, courses delivered,
official languages, ...). Emphasis was laid on the role of Universities
in the economic and social development of Africa and the involvement of
academics in these issues.
University
of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
The University of the Witwatersrand marked the African University Day on November 12, 1998 with a seminar. Speakers at the seminar were:
The
Open University of Tanzania
Report by Prof. Geoffrey Mmari, (Vice-Chancellor)
The Institute of Continuing Education of
the Open university of Tanzania organized a very successful African University
Day celebration. Two papers were presented at a seminar attended by academic
and administrative staff, students and members of the public at the main
campus of the university with the following themes: "Preparing for a Sustainable
Future Higher Education and Sustainable Development" and "Declaration and
Action Plan on Higher Education", themes based on the recent UNESCO World
Conference on Higher Education held in Paris.
Some of the issues raised were on the need
for an enabling political environment, the need for universities to disseminate
their research findings, the need to view the whole educational system
in its totality and the need to keep student interests at centre stage.
Université
de Cocody (La Cote d'Ivoire)
The University organized a seminar on the theme of the day. Four speeches were presented:
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