University of Texas To Host Conference At Babcock

The University of Texas at Austin, United States of America, in collaboration with Carnegie Corporation of New York will be holding an international conference at the Babcock University, Ogun State.

The conference, titled, ‘Partnering for Greatness: Rethinking university education in Africa,’ and scheduled to between January 6 and 7, 2021 is the regional convergence on the impact of private universities on public universities in Africa.

The convener, a Professor of History and the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, Toyin Falola, revealed that the two institutions were working on the project to study the impact of private universities on public universities in Africa.

“The project seeks to understand the impacts of private universities on public universities in Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Ghana through commissioned research and two regional stakeholders convening in Nigeria and Kenya.

Between now and August 2022, I will be hosting over a hundred University administrators and scholars in major conferences. I will also be coordinating country researchers to conduct studies on five African countries — South Africa, Ghana, Libya, Nigeria, and Uganda, he added.

Some erudites scholars expected at the conference are Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Dr Dele Ashiru of University of Lagos, Prof. Ayo Olukotun of Olabisi Onabanjo University, a renowned journalist, Olayinka Oyegbile,  Provost, Federal College of Education, Technical, Lagos, Dr Wahab Azeez, Prof. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso of Babcock University, Prof. Femi Mimiko of Obafemi Awolowo University, Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul Rasheed N’Allah, Chancellor, Lead City University, Prof. Jide Owoeye, Prof. Peter Wekesa(Kenya), Prof. John Mary Kanyamurwa (Uganda), and Dr George Bob, (Ghana).