To improve research:

Y’de varsity in networks with ICT powerhouses

By Rachel NtubeNgwese in Yaounde

The move towards the modernization of higher education in Cameroon is gaining more impetus in the University of Yaounde 1 as the institution networks with different partners to improve the campus connectivity with the numeric world in a bid to facilitate research and improve the quality of learning in the campus.

                The modernization process which actually began in 2013 with the generalization of the wifi internet network throughout the campus and the opening of online courses in partnership with foreign institutions of learning started yielding concrete results in 2015 with the putting in place of tele-evaluation programs which added more credibility to the ongoing e-education system in the institution.

                This credibility has equally attracted other opportunities to the institution as it has been the case with the ELSEVIER network working in partnership with the World Bank to evaluate the quality of studies in university institutions in Africa, and grant necessary assistance in their role to improve science, technology and medicine.

                 It is in this respect that the university of Yaoundé 1 adding to its outstanding performance as one of the top ten universities in Africa was deemed qualified to benefit from the services of the Elsevier editorial network to grant the institution access to numeric data information of up to 25 percent of global internet data on science, technology and medicine, across 23 different disciplines.

                The grant was materialized in Yaoundé last Friday through a partnership accord signed between the rector of the university professor Maurice Sosso and Kamel Mohammed representative of the Elsevier network in the presence of the minister of higher education professor Jacque Femme Ndongo in the arts building of the university campus.

                Through this partnership accord, the Elsevier group seeks to attain three main objectives. According to Kamel Mohammed, the first objective is to encourage and improve research, then establish capacity building activities by providing update information of other research results around the globe, and finally strengthen their research strategy through frequent evaluation.

                The university rector appreciated the offer which he said will boast research in the institution and he called on the entire university community to take best possible advantage of the Elsevier services. He equally thanked them for accompanying the numeric revolution ongoing in the university.