VISION MISSION

VICE CHANCELLOR’S MESSAGEFrom left to right (front row) The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. C.M. Magagula, the Managing Director of Tibiyo TakaNgwane, Mr. A.T. Dlamini and the Managing Director of Swaziland Electricity Company, Mr. P. Gumbi(Second Row, left to right) Prof. P.C. Egau, Prof. M.D. Dlamini, Mr. S.S.K. Dlamini, Mr. V. Simelane, Mr. P.N. Mambaand an unidentifi ed offi cial at the entrancethe Bachelor of Commerce and to the Bachelor of Arts inJournalism, respectively.Indeed, for the fi rst time in the history of the University,the Faculty of Agriculture will be offering a PhD degreenext academic year. Also, beginning from next academicyear, the University will replace the fi ve-year degreeprogrammes with four-year degree programmes in theFaculty of Health Sciences, and also offer a Certifi cate inPsychosocial Support for mainly social care-givers to theOrphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC).Research has shown that training Bachelor of Educationteachers, through the teacher- training college route, isexpensive because it takes a minimum of seven yearsinstead of four years. Government has since taken adecision that all government teacher-training colleges(Ngwane and William Pitcher) should become Universityof Swaziland Colleges. In this regard, negotiations betweenthe University and Government are currently underwayto incorporate the two teacher training colleges into theUniversity.One of the key strategies the University has adopted isto solicit fi nancial support for resources through PPParrangements. The PPP strategy has an inbuilt win-windimension in the sense that both parties become winners.Under the PPP confi guration of our relationship withthe private sector, the University is engaging its existingphilanthropists with a view to designing mutually benefi cialbusiness solutions. Potential participants under thisscheme include telecommunications network companies,sugar millers, and fi nancial institutions.In an attempt to acquire equipment for the newEngineering Building, the University applied the PPPstrategy. The University approached several industriesto contribute towards laboratory equipment for theREPORT OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR 1006