The University of Bamenda, represented by its Vice
Chancellor Prof. TAFAH EDOKAT O. Edward, signed today two Memoranda
of Understanding (MOUs) and two Specific Partnership Agreements (SPAs)
on its main campus in Bambili.
The MOUs were signed with the Protestant University of Central Africa(PUCA), Yaounde and with Institut Universitaire Siantou (IUS), Yaounde. The SPAs were signed with the Catholic University of Central Africa(CATUC) and the Higher Institute of Management Studies(HIMS), Buea. The signing ceremony took place in the Auditoruim of the University of Bamenda in the presence of the Representative of the Minister of Higher Education, Prof. Jean Marie Essono, the DVC-TIC, DVC-RCB, DVC-ICE, the Registrar, the Directors of HTTC, HTTTC, HICM, COLTECH, the Deans of FS, FHS and other Directors of the Central Administration.
The MOUs were signed with the Protestant University of Central Africa(PUCA), Yaounde and with Institut Universitaire Siantou (IUS), Yaounde. The SPAs were signed with the Catholic University of Central Africa(CATUC) and the Higher Institute of Management Studies(HIMS), Buea. The signing ceremony took place in the Auditoruim of the University of Bamenda in the presence of the Representative of the Minister of Higher Education, Prof. Jean Marie Essono, the DVC-TIC, DVC-RCB, DVC-ICE, the Registrar, the Directors of HTTC, HTTTC, HICM, COLTECH, the Deans of FS, FHS and other Directors of the Central Administration.
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Here is the integral speech of the Vice Chancellor.
A speech Presented by
the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Bamenda, Prof. Tafah Edokat O. Edward
during the Signing Ceremony of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and
Specific Partnership Agreements (SPAs) between The University of Bamenda (UBa)
and Cameroonian Institutions of Higher Learning on Wednesday October 1, 2014
- The Representative of the Minister of Higher Education
- The Deputy Vice-Chancellors of The University of Bamenda
- The Registrar of The University of Bamenda
- The Proprietors and Promoters of Partner Institutions of Higher Learning
- The Directors of Schools and Deans of Faculties of The University of Bamenda
- The Chief Librarian of The University of Bamenda
- Distinguished Colleagues
- Members of the UBa Community
- Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is an honour for me to welcome you to yet another
landmark ceremony of the signing of cooperation agreements between The
University of Bamenda and National Higher Institutions of Learning
duly-approved by the Ministry of Higher Education. It is in the pursuit of
excellence in teaching, research and outreach through collaborative initiatives
and joint ventures that The University of Bamenda this morning shall be signing
two Memoranda of Understanding and two Specific Partnership Agreements with
Cameroon National Institutions of Higher Learning.
Distinguished Audience, permit me to express my deep appreciation to the Minister of Higher Education who has not only been endorsing our MoUs and SPAs as soon as they arrive on his desk, but, has decided to be represented at every signing ceremony. His representative here present today is testimony of his unalloyed support to ensure that our partnership agreements are done in keeping with the principles and texts in force.
Despite announcing during a similar exercise last year that we were keeping on hold, the signing of Memoranda of Understanding with National Institutions of Higher Learning in order to monitor the quality of execution of the existing MoUs and SPAs, we are here today, exceptionally, to sign two MoUs with namely; the Protestant University of Central Africa (PUCA), Yaoundé and Institut Universitaire Siantou (IUS), Yaoundé, as well as concretise our partnership through SPAs with the Catholic University of Central Africa (CATUC), Bamenda and the Higher Institute of Management Studies (HIMS), Buea.
To the Protestant University of Central Africa (PUCA) and Institut Universitaire Siantou (IUS), a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which you shall sign with The University of Bamenda today forms just the intention to collaborate. That is, our MoU is nothing more than a declaration of our intentions to cooperate and such cooperation only becomes concrete with the signing of a Specific Partnership Agreement which is the translation of such intentions. Accordingly, during this signing ceremony, Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda will “graduate” from an MoU to Specific Partnership Agreement (SPA) while the Higher Institute of Management Studies (HIMS), Buea will seek to incorporate its English Language Proficiency to its other programmes which are already a subject of a SPA with UBa.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I will like our partners to understand that the purpose of our partnership is the quest of academic excellence for mutual benefits and fruitful academic and professional initiatives in teaching, research, outreach services and good university governance. To succeed in our pursuit, collective action, institutional collaboration and exchanges amongst partners have to be prioritized. It is in keeping with these objectives that the first UBa partners unanimously constituted themselves into a UBa Partnership Forum (UBPF) on October 23, 2012. I invite you to consider registering with this Forum through the University Cooperation Division (UCD).
I wish to inform our partners that UBa will soon launch programmes for its Postgraduate School. The different academic and professional units shall progressively go operational as the human; financial and infrastructural resources shall become available.
Finally, I will like to thank the Head of State, H. E President Paul Biya whose University Governance Framework continue to serve as a scale on which our vision is placed. On this Framework of University Governance, UBa and its Partners will surely contribute to the advancement of Cameroon’s Higher Education and our transition from a developing nation to the much craved for emerging nation status by 2035.
I wish you all a memorable stay on our modest UBa campus and a safe trip back to your various institutions.
Distinguished Audience, permit me to express my deep appreciation to the Minister of Higher Education who has not only been endorsing our MoUs and SPAs as soon as they arrive on his desk, but, has decided to be represented at every signing ceremony. His representative here present today is testimony of his unalloyed support to ensure that our partnership agreements are done in keeping with the principles and texts in force.
Despite announcing during a similar exercise last year that we were keeping on hold, the signing of Memoranda of Understanding with National Institutions of Higher Learning in order to monitor the quality of execution of the existing MoUs and SPAs, we are here today, exceptionally, to sign two MoUs with namely; the Protestant University of Central Africa (PUCA), Yaoundé and Institut Universitaire Siantou (IUS), Yaoundé, as well as concretise our partnership through SPAs with the Catholic University of Central Africa (CATUC), Bamenda and the Higher Institute of Management Studies (HIMS), Buea.
To the Protestant University of Central Africa (PUCA) and Institut Universitaire Siantou (IUS), a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which you shall sign with The University of Bamenda today forms just the intention to collaborate. That is, our MoU is nothing more than a declaration of our intentions to cooperate and such cooperation only becomes concrete with the signing of a Specific Partnership Agreement which is the translation of such intentions. Accordingly, during this signing ceremony, Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda will “graduate” from an MoU to Specific Partnership Agreement (SPA) while the Higher Institute of Management Studies (HIMS), Buea will seek to incorporate its English Language Proficiency to its other programmes which are already a subject of a SPA with UBa.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I will like our partners to understand that the purpose of our partnership is the quest of academic excellence for mutual benefits and fruitful academic and professional initiatives in teaching, research, outreach services and good university governance. To succeed in our pursuit, collective action, institutional collaboration and exchanges amongst partners have to be prioritized. It is in keeping with these objectives that the first UBa partners unanimously constituted themselves into a UBa Partnership Forum (UBPF) on October 23, 2012. I invite you to consider registering with this Forum through the University Cooperation Division (UCD).
I wish to inform our partners that UBa will soon launch programmes for its Postgraduate School. The different academic and professional units shall progressively go operational as the human; financial and infrastructural resources shall become available.
Finally, I will like to thank the Head of State, H. E President Paul Biya whose University Governance Framework continue to serve as a scale on which our vision is placed. On this Framework of University Governance, UBa and its Partners will surely contribute to the advancement of Cameroon’s Higher Education and our transition from a developing nation to the much craved for emerging nation status by 2035.
I wish you all a memorable stay on our modest UBa campus and a safe trip back to your various institutions.
Long live partnerships in Higher Education
Long Live the Ministry of Higher Education
Long Live the Republic of Cameroon
Long Live the Ministry of Higher Education
Long Live the Republic of Cameroon
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