Three students of First Technical University, Ibadan, will spend a two-month internship at Goethe College, Frankfurt, Germany, later this year.
The pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Tech-U, Prof. Ayobami Salami, disclosed this on Monday while talking at the opening of a workshop on ‘Harmonising the Curriculum on the Worldwide Grasp in Sustainable Environmental Administration in Togo and Nigeria.’
The workshop, which was being held at Tech-U, was organised by the platform of the Worldwide SDG Community Selling Increased Schooling Analysis in Togo and Nigeria (DAAD-TONI Undertaking).
It’s a tripartite partnership between Tech-U (with the Institute for Sustainable Improvement because the host tutorial unit in Nigeria); Goethe College, Frankfurt (with the Institute of Bodily Geography and the ZIAF because the coordinating centre); and the College of Kara, Togo.
Talking about the DAAD-TONI undertaking, Salami, the Workforce Lead, said that three College of Kara students would even participate in the Frankfurt internship. In contrast, related exchanges had been additionally scheduled for the longer term.
Salami, currently the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos State, mentioned, “The principle focus of this undertaking is capability constructing for sustainable improvement by north-south and south-south collaboration amongst larger establishments of studying in Africa and Europe. Because of the inception of this undertaking in April/Might 2023, there was a sequence of actions resembling north-south and south-south discussions, curriculum improvement, and tutorial exchanges. Noteworthy is a three-day kick-off workshop on the College of Kara, Togo, in Might 2023 and an internship by German college students in Togo and Nigeria in October/November 2023.
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“Later this year, three college students from Tech-U and Kara will undertake a two-month internship in Germany in 2025. Six Tech-U students could also undertake a four-week trip to Kara, whereas six Kara students could even come to Tech-U for one month.”
Salami careworn that the tripartite partnership undertaking is geared toward synergising information and experiences to handle particular SDGs.
He acknowledged the Federal Ministry for Financial Cooperation and Improvement, Germany; German Educational Trade Service; and Togo and Nigeria SDG partnerships 2023-2026 for the help offered for the undertaking and for selecting to carry the 2024 DAAD-TONI undertaking at Tech-U.
He additionally appreciated the help offered by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adesola Ajayi, and the administration of First Technical College to host the programme.
Led by Goethe, Prof. Jurgen Runge additionally spoke on the importance of the undertaking. In keeping with him, all three universities concerned, although comparatively younger, are linked by the necessity to construct capability in sustainable improvement.
Whereas acknowledging the cultural intrigue the undertaking needed to navigate because it straddled the three main languages of German, English, and French, Runge mentioned the DAAD-TONI Undertaking was difficult and expressed the hope that it might get extra funding from different establishments.
The Lead from the College of Kara, Prof. Kankoenandja Laidja, thanked Salami for making the undertaking an actuality.
He emphasised that it might deepen the capability of constructing sustainable improvement and environmental issues.
The host VC, Prof. Adesola Ajayi, expressed delight at the undertaking’s promise for Tech-U and the two universities concerned, saying alternatives had continued to open up for the Institute of Sustainable Improvement at Tech-U. He added that the imaginative and prescient that gave it its start predated 2019 when it came on stream.
He, thus, thanked Salami and Runge for taking the workshop to Tech-U.
Nevertheless, Ajayi called on lecturers to construct partnerships across disciplines. On the occasion, he mentioned the interaction of languages, German, English, and French, indicating that everybody ought to be taught more languages.
“I perceive German as a result of I studied in Germany. I’m studying French now. That must be the spirit,” he mentioned.
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