EL-AMIN Varsity to partner West Bohemia University on research, education

By Daniel Ebi,  Minna 

The management of El-Amin University Minna, Niger State has opened a strategic discussions with the university of West Bohemia aimed to enhance Research, Education, Capacity Building in the field of Social Sciences as well as Engineering

The meeting  was held at the Senate building of the Minna based university owned by the IBB Family.

Briefing the Media shortly after the meeting, Zahorik

an expert in African studies, explained that his mission is to set up meaningful collaboration with El-Amin University to exchange ideas across disciplines and to also sign MOU.

He disclosed further that his university had earlier signed an MOU with universities in Abuja, Ibadan and Lagos, while El-Amin is the only university from the Northern region of the country to collaborate with the West Bohemia university.

Zahorik, said that the meeting was aimed towards given opportunity to the university in the area of funding, in terms of capacity building project, research project

 He stressed that the discussion would afford the institution another further collaboration, especially,when applying for funding, saying that the first area of interest is academic mobility so that both institutions would be meeting to discuss what can be done in the various disciplines, including social sciences to Engineering programmes.

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The Vice-Chancellor of El-Amin University Minna, E.J.Zwanbin hinted that their discussions was one of the first international collaborations entered into, pointing out that the collaboration with the West Bohemia university will increase the rating of the El-Amin university.

He said the discussion will open up the institution to funding and also gives opportunity to staff to be trained abroad to acquire caughting edge ideas on how to manage the knowledge shared with the students.

Zwanbin stated”. We hope that in the coming months,we will begin to see the results, including sending our students abroad to also go and learn”.he said.

The vice chancellor, while highlighting the aims and objectives of the discussion, revealed that it would be centred on capacity building of the staff and in the future for training and research,and largely organize joint conferences,joint certification where the university students would obtain foreign university certificates among others.

He further  hinted that the discussion is a broader partnership,but we are starting first with capacity building,the staff exchange and curriculum development”.he added.

Also speaking, the Pro-Chancellor, El-Amin University, Mohammed Ibrahim Babangida noted that the young university that just took off in less than two years to be in partnership with an international university,is a milestone achievement worthy to be celebrated.

Mohammed pointed out that the area of collaboration is very broad, adding that in no distant time they would begin to narrow the areas of need such as funding, research, and infrastructure, emphasizing however that academic issues will be the main focus.

Babangida’s words”.The overall benefit is very numerous because one,it puts the institution in the  international stage,it bench marks the institution against international practice” he stated.