NIGER TO OPEN FOUR NEW SPECIALIZED REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES WITH EACH UNIVERSITY TO CONCENTRATE ON A SPECIFIC FIELD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Niger is seeking to enhance higher education by opening four new universities, each specialising in an area key to development. The West African country’s universities continue to face challenges, but experts hail the development as a boost to the education system. Last August, the government approved the creation of universities in Agadez, Dosso, Diffa and Tillabéri, said Abdoul Karim Alpha Gado, science editor at a Niger monthly magazine SEEDA. The universities are anticipated to open next year. Each university will concentrate on a specific field of higher education. The University of Agadez will specialise in renewable energy, while the University of Dosso will focus on new information technologies, the University of Diffa on environmental issues and the University of Tillabéri on agriculture. These specialisations will promote study and training in key areas for Niger. “We believe this is a good thing since most of the training and research that the universities will generate is the base of socio-economic development and will contribute to the general development of these regions,” said Dr Faran Maiga, a research professor at Abdou Moumouni University in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Maiga noted that the universities would set up specialist research institutes.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 02:49:21 +0000
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