{"id":28805,"date":"2023-01-28T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T11:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/our-universities-must-be-pivotal-in-reconstructing-west-africas-future"},"modified":"2023-01-28T11:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T11:39:26","slug":"our-universities-must-be-pivotal-in-reconstructing-west-africas-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/our-universities-must-be-pivotal-in-reconstructing-west-africas-future","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Our universities must be pivotal in reconstructing West Africa\u2019s future\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Mucktarr M.Y. Darboe, the deputy permanent secretary at the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology has said that universities across the sub-region must be pivotal in reconstructing West Africa\u2019s future.<\/b><\/p>\n

He made this statement whilst deputising for the higher education minister, Pierre Gomez, at a two-day conference organised by West Africa Universities Association and held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Conference Centre.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis gathering avails a great opportunity for scientists to deliberate on issues and provide solutions that will enhance the living conditions of citizens of West Africa in particular and humanity at large,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHigher education in West Africa for the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities\u2019 <\/b>is quite fitting in a changing environment in West Africa,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/b>One question that comes to my mind with regard to higher education\u2019s role in the development of West Africa is: <\/b>What strides and policy commitments have been taken up by our universities in West Africa to ensure that higher education in West Africa is central to realising the region\u2019s development agenda?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing is clear and that is both in West Africa and among our development partners, academics and policy makers recognisze the importance of higher education for West Africa\u2019s development pathway,\u201d he further said.<\/p>\n

Mr Darboe noted that public and private universities in West Africa are growing in numbers and increasing enrollments each year, adding that new technological laboratories and classrooms are being built to cater for the needs of their growing student populations.<\/p>\n

He highlighted that in many of their universities, new buffer bodies have been created to provide governance oversight, guarantee greater institutional autonomy from undue political control and strengthen the institutions to allow them engage in national and continental development issues.<\/p>\n

He added that policy commitments from the African Union Commission (AUC) has rejuvenated regional universities working to set quality assurance frameworks and reorganise commissions for science and technology that are mobilising funding for research and innovation for universities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are some opportunities that our West Africa universities must take advantage of in order to craft the region\u2019s economic development trajectory. Our universities must be pivotal in reconstructing West Africa\u2019s future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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