Project ID: 1307

China provides training for Engineering Faculty Members from the University of Namibia

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Namibia

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Scholarships/training in the donor country

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2006-01-01

Actual start

2006-10-01

Actual complete

2006-11-21

Description

In 2006, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Namibia (Unam), Professor Lazarus Hangula, and a delegation from Unam returned from China after a month-long series of seminars on higher education. The trip, made possible by the Chinese government, was also aimed at drumming up financial and academic support for the establishment of an engineering faculty at a cost of more than N$650 million. The seminars gave him and the 17 other representatives from other African higher education institutions a thorough insight into higher education in the People's Republic of China. The intended new faculty will be able to train at least 40 students per year to help augment the present 500 professional engineers in the country.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

1

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Namibia [Government Agency]