VISION MISSION

ADMINISTRATIONMr. S.S. VilakatiRegistrarThe Registrar’s Offi ce continues to provide supportservices to enhance teaching and learning at theUniversity. Apart from the Registry, the unitsthat fall under the Registrar’s Offi ce include Security,Workshop and Transport, and Health Care Services(Campus Clinics).A quick glance at the Strategic Plan of the Registrar’sOffi ce will show that most of the strategic objectives setabout two years ago have been achieved.Human ResourcesNotwithstanding the challenges that have been experiencedin the introduction of the performance contracts, HumanResources is confi dent that by April 2012 the system willbe fully operational. Given the unfavourable economicposition of the country, it became necessary to de-linkperformance from the proposed fi nancial reward andto consider other forms of recognition for excellentperformers.To facilitate easy access to human resource informationand improve the decision-making process as well asworkforce planning, the University will be installingACCSYS People-Ware 7.1 which will be integrated withthe payroll system.As some members of staff have challenges that affectperformance that cannot be ignored by the employer, aserious effort is being made to put in place an EmployeeAssistance Programme that will address issues of wellnessamong staff.Training and recruitment of appropriately qualifi ed staffremains a big challenge for the University. Scholarships arenow diffi cult to come by and the University is appreciativeof the decisions made by some staff development fellowsto fi nance their post-graduate studies. During the periodunder review, staff on training and those who havecompleted their studies were as follows:13REPORT OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR