A
Swaziland parliamentary committee has ordered an investigation into the
standard of qualifications held by academic staff at the university King Mswati
III wants to host his proposed University of Transformation.
Students
had petitioned the Swazi Government saying many lecturers only held Bachelor
degrees and had just themselves qualified from the university.
Limkokwing has been at the centre of continuing protests from students
about standards of teaching and equipment since the university opened in 2011. According to its website, Limkokwing in Swaziland only offers ‘associate
degrees’ which are at a level below Bachelor degrees and in many institutions
are known as diplomas.
The Swazi Observer reported on Monday (28
November 2016) that a parliamentary select committee said the Ministry of
Education’s Higher Education Council, ‘should within 14 days, revisit the issue
of qualifications of the academic staff of the university and make necessary recommendations,
particularly if indeed it would be confirmed the university engaged its former
students to work as lecturers instead of teaching assistants or tutors’.
In August
2016, King Mswati, the absolute monarch in Swaziland and chair of the Southern
African Development Community (SADC), announced he intended to start a University of Transformation for the entire SADC region
within twelve months and that it should be housed at Limkokwing, a private
university in the Swazi capital Mbabane, with its base in Malaysia.
See also
KING’S
NEW UNWORKABLE UNIVERSITY
NEW SWAZI UNIVERSITY SUBSTANDARD
KING FELL FOR BOGUS UNIVERSITY
http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2011/05/limkokwing-university-is-illegal.html
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