{UAH} Uganda's Makerere University Offers Help To Liberia To Start Women & Gender Courses
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Uganda's Makerere University Offers Help To Liberia To Start Women & Gender Courses
KAMPALA, Nov 21 (BERNAMA-NNN-NEW VISION) -- Makerere University, Uganda's largest and one of Africa's most established institutions of higher learning, has offered to provide teaching staff to help Liberia start courses in Women and Gender Studies.
Makerere University's School of Women and Gender Studies, famous for being one of the best of its kind on the continent, has pledged to support Grand Bassa Community College in Liberia to get its Gender Studies courses rolling.
Started in 2008, Grand Bassa recently established a Gender Studies unit but rolling out the courses has since proved a challenge to the Liberian university, the reason it is seeking Makerere's help.
The Makerere School of Women and Gender Studies, established in 1991 as a Department of Women Studies, has evolved into the multi-disciplinary unit that is today known for graduating more PhDs and Masters students than any other institution of its kind in the world.
The offer was made during a video-conference dialogue Wednesday between the two institutions hosted by the United States embassies in Monrovia, Liberia, and Kampala. The dialogue was moderated by Dr Robin Chandler, a visiting scholar of African Studies from Northeastern University in the United States.
Dr Consolata Kabonesa, the Dean of the School of Women and Gender Studies, made the offer and was quick to note that the school would equally put its research and wealth of information at the disposal of Grand Bassa Community College.
"We know how challenging it can be to start courses in Gender Studies and for us to become what we are today; it took a lot of hard work, research and collaboration with other institutions. Since we got this knowledge from the world, we want to share it with you," said Kabonesa.
Under the arrangement to help the Liberian University, Dr Kabonesa suggested that Makerere staff travel to Grand Bassa to teach specific modules, give exams and mark the scripts before returning to Uganda.
-- BERNAMA-NNN-NEW VISION
Makerere University's School of Women and Gender Studies, famous for being one of the best of its kind on the continent, has pledged to support Grand Bassa Community College in Liberia to get its Gender Studies courses rolling.
Started in 2008, Grand Bassa recently established a Gender Studies unit but rolling out the courses has since proved a challenge to the Liberian university, the reason it is seeking Makerere's help.
The Makerere School of Women and Gender Studies, established in 1991 as a Department of Women Studies, has evolved into the multi-disciplinary unit that is today known for graduating more PhDs and Masters students than any other institution of its kind in the world.
The offer was made during a video-conference dialogue Wednesday between the two institutions hosted by the United States embassies in Monrovia, Liberia, and Kampala. The dialogue was moderated by Dr Robin Chandler, a visiting scholar of African Studies from Northeastern University in the United States.
Dr Consolata Kabonesa, the Dean of the School of Women and Gender Studies, made the offer and was quick to note that the school would equally put its research and wealth of information at the disposal of Grand Bassa Community College.
"We know how challenging it can be to start courses in Gender Studies and for us to become what we are today; it took a lot of hard work, research and collaboration with other institutions. Since we got this knowledge from the world, we want to share it with you," said Kabonesa.
Under the arrangement to help the Liberian University, Dr Kabonesa suggested that Makerere staff travel to Grand Bassa to teach specific modules, give exams and mark the scripts before returning to Uganda.
-- BERNAMA-NNN-NEW VISION
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