{"id":40756,"date":"2023-04-30T09:21:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T09:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/all-hope-gone-as-the-last-batch-of-inatek-assets-is-sold"},"modified":"2023-04-30T10:13:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T10:13:57","slug":"all-hope-gone-as-the-last-batch-of-inatek-assets-is-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/all-hope-gone-as-the-last-batch-of-inatek-assets-is-sold","title":{"rendered":"All Hope Gone As The Last Batch of INATEK Assets Is Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>In July 2020, the Ministry of Education closed the University of Kibungo (UNIK) formerly Institute of Agriculture, Technology, and Education of Kibungo (INATEK) over \u201cadministrative challenges that compromised the quality of education\u201d.<\/p>\n

Following that closure, the university was given three months to submit reports on how several steps would be implemented including academic and financial obligations to students for them to enable a way of seeking alternative admission to other higher learning institutions.<\/p>\n

Ever since, fixed and non-fixed properties of UNIK were set for auction in order to pay over Rwf 2 billion worth of debts they owed to financial institutions, employees and suppliers.<\/p>\n

The latest auction was planned for April 17 to 24, 2023, where the non-fixed assets consisting of school equipment worth Rwf 20,785,620 was set for auction to meet the Ngoma High Court\u2019s order to pay the debt owed to one Ramuald Mutabaruka.<\/p>\n

Former students who spoke to KT Press fear that they can miss opportunities either at work or educational continuity, due to lack of academic papers including transcripts and degrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was lucky to secure a job after presenting a provisional academic paper but the institution closed without giving us our degrees,\u201d one student said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHEC should have access to important archives of the universit so that every student can easily find academic documents whenever needed be, despite the school being nowhere to be found.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview this week, Faustin Musare, the last Chairman of UNIK told KT Press that the origin of it all, was a challenge of ownership.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, the debts the university took was such a heavy burden that made it unable to pay its employees and suppliers. All this is due to lack of ownership of university\u2019s core members and leaders of Kibungo prefecture who played a vital role in establishment of the university,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tried to revive the university, but we have failed due to the weight of debt. We found that at least for the university to work again, we need more than Rwf 2 billion which we don\u2019t have. We also tried to ask help from government but they denied to intervene in the private sector\u2019s activities in such way,\u201d Musare further said.<\/p>\n

To try and give a happy end to the university whose name will soon be forgotten, Musare suggests relevant authorities including \u2018MINEDUC and HEC\u2019 to sit with members of UNIK association and appoint a person or a group of people who can be given a mandate to settle residual academic grievances.<\/p>\n

The Director General of Higher Education Council (HEC) Dr. Rose Mukankomeje on her side advises that after UNIK closure, students were helped to find other institutions and to get all the necessary documents from the university.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe University was given enough time to settle such issues,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can one wake up after noticing that the equipment and buildings are going to be auctioned and say that they did not get their transcripts? The university and HEC joined hand to help students during the period of six months which was a fair period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

She suggests that the challenge would be among those who had arrears to settle at the university.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have nothing to do with the school that is no longer under our supervision anymore,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

UNIK opened doors in 2003 with Kibungo main campus in Ngoma district. By the time of its closure, it had started a new campus in Rulindo District-Northern province.<\/p>\n

It has placed more than 9500 students to the labor market.<\/p>\n

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