Bayero University has officially signed agreement with Partnership for Skills in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (PASET) after being competitively selected to host PhD
programmes in Natural Resource Management and Climate Change at the Centre for Dryland Agriculture
th (CDA). The agreement was signed on Monday, 7 October, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya along with other nine universities selected by PASETto host its programmes. Vice Chancellor, Professor Muhammad Yahuza Bello, signed on behalf of Bayero University, while PASET was represented by Dr Segenet Kelemu in the presence of the Kenyan Minister of Education, Prof George AO Magoha, who was represented by the Director of University
Education in the Ministry; Ambassadors, Executive Director of PASET Board, other Vice Chancellors, World Bank officials and Prof Mohamedbhai, Chairman of the
PASET Advisory Group as well Deans of Graduate Schools and Directors of the Centres of Excellence from the host Universities. Speaking after signing the agreement, Prof Bello assured
PASET that BUK would be committed to the initiative and ensure that all enrolled candidates receive the best form of training and complete their programmes without delay. He said BUK would provide an excellent. environment for scholars from all over Africa to come to the campus and learn without stress. The Vice Chancellor also thanked PASET for its rigorous assessment in the selection process and gave assurance to promote the objectives of the initiative, which was to train 10,000 African scientists in the next ten years.
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The Kenyan Minister of Education, Prof Magoha, who is also the Chairman of the Governing Council of PASET, said that enhancing the quality of doctoral training in our Universities required a strong research base, relevant qualified staff, funding and appropriate policies to drive the science agenda.
In this regard, PASET signed partnership agreements with seven Universities in some developed countries for students to spend short periods in their strong research and training facilities in the course of their doctoral studies. He argued that the knowledge generated in our Universities must result in transformed technologies, In her remarks, the Director General of ICIPE, the manager of the Fund, Dr Segenet Kelemu, congratulated the eleven selected African Universities on passing the strenuous competitive selection process. She said the aim of the Fund was to train 10,000 PhDs in the five thematic areas in host universities in the next ten years.
She reassured the Universities of total support to ensure that they build and sustain global best practices in research, training and capacity building through PhD, research and innovation grants.
Two other Nigerian Universities, University of Port Harcourt and the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, together with BUK were among the ten African Universities that signed the agreement and selected on the continent for the RSIF PhD training. The Vice Chancellor was accompanied by the Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, Professor Umaru Pate, the Director, Centre for Dryland Agriculture and the host of the training programme, Professor Jibrin M. Jibrin.
