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Togo: New Catholic University of Togo Specializes in It Courses
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Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi)
18 July 2008
Posted to the web 18 July 2008
Lomé
The new Catholic University of Togo, affiliated to the larger Catholic University of West Africa (CUWA) has been officially opened.
The university has two campuses, in Sanguera on the north-western outskirts of Lomé, and in Tsevie, in the Prefecture of Golfo. For now, only the first campus is open. When the two will be operational, they will have a capacity of 5,000 students.
CUT specializes in information technology, a subject that was requested by the local government, according to FIDES. It was opened on July 5.
"In a globalized world, where competence is harder in comparison to the access to information, the leading role of the sciences and technology and various applications are a sure bet for the progress of the nation," said the Minister for Higher Education, Messan Adimado Aduayom.
CUWA is present in various countries of West Africa. In 2006, the Catholic Conference of Bishops of Western Africa (CERAO) decided to open Catholic campuses in its member countries, each one specialized in a specific area of study.
The University of Benin (in Cotonou) specializes in agriculture and electronics, the one in Burkina-Faso (Bobo-Dioulasso) in nutritional sciences and the one in Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) in medicine. The university in Mali (Bamako) specializes in education, one in Guinea (in Conakry) in political science, and that in Senegal (in Ziguinchor, Casamance) in arts, economics and business.
The Catholic University of West Africa seeks to promote "a Christian culture, at both individual and collective level; a continual reflection in the light of the Catholic faith, on the most recent discoveries in science, to which it hopes to contribute; fidelity to the Christian message; the institutional commitment to be at the service of the people of God and the human family on their journey towards the transcendent."
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The university is open to Catholics and non-Catholics alike, with the condition that respect for its Catholic identity is maintained.
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