Séminaire sur la gouvernance universitaire et l'informatique académique à l'UNIKIN
24 and 25 February 2010, the academic leaders of the seven partner universities UniversiTIC gathered at the Regional School ERAIFT the University of Kinshasa to work together to start the project to computerize management of their academic institution.
The seminar opened by the Rector UNIKIN was an opportunity for Secretary General Academic, Directors of Academic Affairs and Beadle Central universities to meet for the first time and discuss their practices.
Jean-Louis Marchand (UCL) who hosted the seminar, built around the exchange of futures thinking on the quality of education.
Implementation adopted by the 7 universities and renamed GP7 (Management Programs, Courses and Students) is the product of collaboration between teams from the universities of Lubumbashi and Mons. This tool to manage students from their pre-registration until the resolution de leurs examens intègre des modules permettant l'impression des cartes d'étudiants, la perception des frais d'étude, ou encore la génération de statistique des effectifs en temps réel. Suivant une charte GP7 en court d'élaboration, les universités vont s'engager à contribuer à son développement sur une base volontaire et au bénéfice de tous les établissements.
Trois priorités de développement ont été adoptées :
- la gestion des étudiants (inscription et scolarité)
- la gestion des personnels académique, scientifique, et administratif (maîtrise des effectifs)
- la gestion financière (comptabilité, trésorerie, budgeting, heritage)
The seminar has been enhanced by the presence of Pr Vervenne who shared his experience in academic administration as a former rector of the KULeuven and chairman of the VLIR, and suggested strategies to undertake to improve the quality of education following the philosophy of the Bologna process. In its analysis of the group's thoughts, he summarized the proposals in 4 priority areas to implement in each university:
- setting up a think tank on the quality of teaching
- the creation of a training unit Educational
- developing an ongoing evaluation
- Management Research
Several universities have agreed to coordinate discussions on each theme (UCC UNIKIS, UCB, UPN).
In closing the seminar, the synthesis of the work was exposed to the Minister Mashako Mamba and the new rector Labana freshly appointed.
Several commitments were made:
- the formation of a committee of wise men to monitor and guide IT development and project activities,
- drafting and adoption of a charter by the 7 universities GP7
- start using the application of the next academic year
- drafting a working paper around 4 themes circumscribed by Professor Vervenne
- wiring and equipment of the main points of encoding and management of academic affairs
Participants met one last time over a meal before joining their respective universities.