Njala University

Njala University
Type Public
Established 1964
Principal Professor Abu Sesay
Students 25,045 total
Location

Bo, Sierra Leone

Campus Njala and Bo campus (urban)
Affiliations University of Sierra Leone
Website http://www.njalauniversity.net/

Njala University (NU) is a public university located in Bo and in Njala, Moyamba District, Sierra Leone. It is the second largest university in Sierra Leone (after the Fourah Bay College) and is also part of the University of Sierra Leone. The largest and main campus of Njala University is in Bo, the second largest city in Sierra Leone; the other campus is in the town of Njala, Moyamba District.

History

NU was originally created as part of the University of Sierra Leone (USL) in 1964 with the help of USAID and offered degrees in conjunction with the University of Illinois. Subsequent legislation in 1972 paired Fourah Bay and Njala under the University of Sierra Leone act, where the presidents of each institution switched the presidency of the USL on a biennial basis. This continued until 2005, when the University act separated Fourah Bay and NU into distinct institutions independently run.

Statistics

In the 1999-2000 academic year, NU had 722 male students and 98 female, which equated to approximately 27% of Sierra Leonean college students. It had 436 male staff and 98 females.

Current schools

The university commenced in August 2005 with the founding of 6 schools:

Bo campus

Bo campus has 3 schools, Education, Community Health Services and Social Sciences.

Njala campus

Njala campus has the other 3 schools, including Agriculture, Environmental Sciences and Technology as well as the University secretariat. However, as of the 2005-2006 year, New England Ville in Freetown was temporarily home to all of Njala's facilities, pending the rebuilding of Njala's campus.

Notable people

Dr S T Matturi former Principal of Njala University College and Sierra Leone's High-Commissioner to the UK during which time he played a crucial part in the twinning of Hull City and Freetown see link http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,52466&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Dr. Julius Spencer, Sierra Leonean movie actor and director, poet and playwright, journalist, and former Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the war-years and co-founder of the Campaign for Good Governance

References

  1. "Biography". Retrieved 16 January 2013.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, June 22, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.