Rwanda: University launches online masters of communication management course

África/Rwanda/Abril 2016/Fuente:Newtimes /Autor:Emmanuel Ntirenganya

Resumen: La Universidad de Ruanda ha puesto en marcha un programa de post-grado en línea, Masters of Communication Management (EMCM). El programa EMCM fue lanzado el martes por la Universidad de Ruanda en colaboración con la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT) y la Academia de Telecomunicaciones del Reino Unido (Utka).

 

The University of Rwanda has launched an online post-graduate programme, Masters of Communication Management (eMCM).

The eMCM programme was launched on Tuesday by the University of Rwanda in partnership with International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the UK Telecommunication Academy (UTKA).

Speaking to reporters at the launch, Dr Hamadoun Touré, executive director of Smart Africa, said the programme is an additional tool in the basket of capabilities of training that «we will be giving to our young people for Africa to become a knowledge-based economy.»

«We are here talking about eMCM; ICT is being used as a tool for education to make it better, reaching out to many more people at more affordable rates,» Toure said.

The former ITU secretary-general said the foundation of Africa’s development is going to be based on information and communication technology (ICT).

«And, therefore, we want to put emphasis on training them. That is why scholarship programme at Smart Africa is one of the most important thing and it’s cross-cutting for all the countries and we are going to train tens of thousands of young people in Africa,» Touré said.

The Masters in Communication Management preogramme was first introduced at College of Sciences and Technology (CST) in 2006, but stopped in 2009.

At the time, it was an in-person type of education. In three years, an estimated 250 people graduated from the course.

The Minister for Education, Dr Papias Malimba Musafiri, said the graduates in the programme have occupied senior leadership and management positions both public and private organisations, adding that the programme has produced wonderful men and women who contribute significantly to the growth of our country.

He said the way in which the new programme is designed marks new and flexible way for online master’s programme to be delivered with its new design and delivery mechanism providing a range of benefits.

Musafiri said the delivery mode will certainly lead to a cost reduction in terms of its operations.

«It will also provide flexibility to learners to provide for a learner-centered approach whereby students can learn at their own pace, while the system will maintain the robustness to monitor the time a student spends on the self-learner,» he said.

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