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Host: Kenyatta University
Homepage: http://www.aau.org/gc/gc10.htm
Email: secgen@aau.org
Description:
Following our earlier announcement in May, and subsequent communication in October about the change of venue, we are pleased to confirm the kind invitation of the Government of Kenya and the Kenyatta University, to host the 10th General Conference of the AAU at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, from February 5 to 9, 2001.
The theme for the General Conference will be African Universities and the Challenge of Knowledge Creation and Application in the New Century. To this effect there will be commissioned papers and workshops dealing with the main theme as well as the following sub-themes:
a) African Higher Education Management and Leadership in the Information Age b) Quality of Training and Research: Towards a Dynamic Process of Curricular Reform and Innovations in African Tertiary Institutions c) Information and Communication Technology: Building Capacity in African Universities d) Women in African Tertiary Institutions: Equity Empowerment and Advancement
The revolutionary change in information and communication technology is having a dramatic effect on the way universities carry out their functions of teaching, learning and research and particularly, the creation and application of knowledge. This "knowledge revolution" poses a big challenge to African universities, with enormous implications for policy development, the quality of training and research and capacity building in the universities.
The Conference will provide a forum for debate and a search for ideas and practical ways to meet these challenges, as well as provide opportunity for interaction amongst a wide range of participants from the education community all over Africa and also other continents.
Speakers: Keynote Address, African Universities and the Challenge of Knowledge Creation and Application in the New Century, Speaker - Lamine Ahmadou Ndiaye, Sub-themes, a) African Higher Education Management and Leadership in the Information Age -, Speaker - Jairam Reddy, b) Quality of Training and Research: Towards a Dynamic Process of Curricular Reform and Innovations in African Tertiary Institutions, Speaker - Mokhtar Annaki, c) Information and Communication Technology: Building Capacity in African Universities, Speaker - G. Olarere Ajayi, d) Women in African Tertiary Institutions: Equity Empowerment and Advancement, Speaker - Ruth Meena
Submitted by: Victoria Duah
Date received: October 26, 2000, revised November 22, 2000
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