Walter Wilson Nana & Elvis Tah
25 February 2008
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buea, UB, Prof. Vincent Titanji, has revealed that the construction of a 900-seater amphitheatre is currently going on in.
He made the revelation on Wednesday, February 20, at the Amphi 700 of the University at the occasion of the presentation of New Year wishes to the VC by the UB community.
"The 900-seater classroom block is on course and should be functional by the beginning of the next academic year," Titanji said. He further announced that 80 new teachers have been interviewed, recommended for recruitment and most of them are expected to take up service this year.
The UB boss announced that government is investing heavily in the higher education sector, with UB selected as one of the beneficiaries of a colossal sum to build the Faculty of Health Sciences in the next three years.
According to Titanji, the most significant event for 2008 will be the implementation of the BMP (Bachelors/Masters/PhD) programmes. "The professionalised BMP programmes require new approaches of teaching, learning and assessment," he said.
On his part, the Registrar of UB, Prof. Samson Abangma, talked of the difficulties faced in 2007, while wishing that greater progress be made in 2008. He enjoined the UB community to continue with the culture of dialogue already existing in the campus.
UBSU Walks Out Of Ceremony
Meanwhile, some embittered students of the University of Buea Student's Union, UBSU, walked out of the ceremony organised to present New Year wishes to the VC, Prof. Titanji.
The students left the ceremony along with their gift on the grounds that their President was denied the opportunity to present his speech.
The students argued that, it had earlier been indicated on the programme that their representative will deliver a speech on their behalf. Martin Arrey Besong, UBSU Councillor, told The Post that two days before the ceremony, the Director of Students' Affairs, Dr. Ludwig Metuge, called the UBSU President, Maxcellus Atanga, and told him that the administration had asked him (Metuge) to collect the student's speech for censorship, but they refused.
Besong said they were taken aback when it was time for the students' representative to present his speech, the Registrar was instead called up to deliver his speech. "We could not take it lying down so when we were called to present our gift, we took our gifts in front as if we were going to hand it, but we walked out of the hall with it," said Besong.
Director of Students' Affair, Metuge, said the administration was not asking for the speech to be censored.He said it was intended to incorporate the UBSU President's speech with the VC's, and come out with a comprehensive speech.
"We thought it was civilised for hierarchy to have an advance copy of the President's speech to integrate the problems of the students into the VC's speech," Metuge said.
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