National University of Equatorial Guinea

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National University of Equatorial Guinea
Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial
Unge-1.jpg
MottoUniuscuiusque et omnibus universitas
Motto in English
University for all, even the lesser people
Type National
Established6 January 1995;29 years ago (1995-01-06)
Rector Filiberto Ntutumu Nguema Nchama [1]
Location
Hassan II Avenue, Malabo
,
Bioko Norte
,
Equatorial Guinea

3°44′48″N8°46′31″E / 3.7468°N 8.7752°E / 3.7468; 8.7752
Website ungecampus.com

The National University of Equatorial Guinea (UNGE, Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial in Spanish) is a public institution of higher education, being one of the main universities of Equatorial Guinea in Central Africa.

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It has a main campus in Malabo as well as a unit in Bata. Its current Rector is Filiberto Ntutumu Nguema Nchama.

History

The university tradition of UNGE dates back to the Spanish colonial period, when the country's first high schools were founded, anchored in the Spanish concern before the various decolonization movements that were beginning to take shape on the African continent.

From the colonial period to independence

The course of the UNGE began with the former Indigenous Colonial Institute (in Spanish: Instituto Colonial Indígena), created on March 30, 1935, [2] with vocation for technical education. However, it was only on August 6, 1943, when this Institute was elevated to Indigenous Higher School (ESI; in Spanish: Escuela Superior Indígena), that in fact began higher education in Guinea. [3] From 1958 onwards, the ESI was renamed the Santo Tomás de Aquino Higher School (in Spanish: Escuela Superior Santo Tomás de Aquino), again changing its name in 1959 to the Provincial Higher School (in Spanish: Escuela Superior Provincial). In this period the establishment existed diplomas of administration, teaching (today pedagogy) and commerce (now economic sciences).

While the country became independent, under the command of the dictator Macías Nguema, the school was reformulated, being denominated in 1971 of Martin Luther King Higher School (ESMLK; in Spanish: Escuela Superior "Martin Luther King"). [4] [5] The school, however, had not yet been able to fulfill a broad training role, a fact that would only occur in the 1980s, with the unification of the ESMLK with the School of Teaching of Malabo, allowing mainly to expand the training of graduates to teach at primary levels and secondary. [6]

Post-coup reforms by Obiang

When Teodoro Obiang took over the government in a coup in 1979, he sought to expand access to higher education through strong cooperation with UNESCO and the Spanish government. [7] This culminated in the transformation of ESMLK, in 1984, in University School of Training of the Teachers of Malabo (in Spanish: Escuela Universitaria de Formación del Profesorado de Malabo). In addition, the National School of Agriculture (later the University School of Agricultural, Fisheries and Forestry) was created in 1987, with financing from the African Development Bank. [8] The educational reforms proposed by UNESCO to Obiang also gave origin to the University School of Training of the Professors of Bata and to University School of Health and Environment. [9]

Formation of UNGE

The UNGE Central Campus, in Malabo, in 2011. UNED-GQ IMG 6097 (6510081597).jpg
The UNGE Central Campus, in Malabo, in 2011.

These four schools gave the possibility of maturing higher education to the country, while forming important technical staff. Faced with this the government saw the need to implement a university that would come to federate the institutions.

The National University of Equatorial Guinea (UNGE; in Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial) was created through Law No. 12/1995 of January 6, 1995, [10] bringing together:

In 1998 the University School of Administration was incorporated into the structure of UNGE and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences was created. In 2001 was created the Faculty of Medical Sciences and the University School of Engineering and Technique.

Organisational structure

In 2015 the university was organized according to the following organizational structure:

The UNGE is still composed of 3 affiliated university schools:

Infrastructure

The Main Campus in Malabo is located on Hassan II Avenue. The headquarters building of the rectory was built in 1949 and is part of the nation's architectural patrimony. The Malabo campus residence has a capacity of 200 seats.

The university has a rectory headquarters in Bata.

The university is still one of the responsible for the Luba Crater Scientific Reserve, developing many research projects there, mainly on the local primate population.

Rectors

NameMandateAffiliationForm of election
Maria Teresa Avoro Nguema Ebana [11] January 6, 1995 - 1996University School of Training of the Teachers of MalaboPresidential nomination
Federico Edjo Ovono [12] 1996 - August 20, 2003University School of Agricultural, Fisheries and Forest StudiesPresidential nomination
Carlos Nse Nsuga [13] August 20, 2003 - April 9, 2015Faculty of Education Sciences of MalaboPresidential nomination
Filiberto Ntutumu Nguema Nchama [14] April 9, 2015 - actualityUniversity School of Agricultural, Fisheries and Forest StudiesPresidential nomination

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References

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  2. ↑ Borikó, Emiliano Buale. El laberinto guineano. IEPALA Editorial. 1989
  3. ↑ LINIGER-GOUMAZ, Max. Connaître la Guinee Equatoriale. Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains no. 46 (1985) 27-92
  4. ↑ Olegario Negrín Fajardo, España en África subsahariana. Legislación educativa y aculturación coloniales en la Guinea Española (1857- 1959) (Madrid: Ediciones UNED-Dykinson, 2013), 113.
  5. ↑ "Resolución general del tercer congreso del Partido Único de Trabajadores de la república de Guinea Ecuatorial” (Bata), 13 de julio, 1973. Art. Resolutorios del 24 al 34
  6. ↑ Diana E. Soto Arango, María T. Avoro Nguema, Adiela Ruiz Cabezas, Antonio Medina Rivilla. Formación de docentes en Guinea Ecuatorial. Historias de vida de maestras en prospectiva al 2020. Rev. hist.edu.latinoam - Vol. 18 No. 27, julio - diciembre 2016 - ISSN   0122-7238 - pp. 67 - 94
  7. ↑ Santiago Bivini Mangue. Breve historia de la Reforma Educativa de Guinea Ecuatorial Archived 2017-09-29 at the Wayback Machine . Malabo, dez. 2010
  8. ↑ Escuela Universitaria de Estudios Agropecuarios, Pesca y Forestal “OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO” - Portal UNGE
  9. ↑ Evolución de los centros académicos - Portal UNGE
  10. ↑ Acta Final del Seminario MEC-UNESCO-OASTI: Formulación de Instrumentos de Política de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (ESCTI) y Educación Superior para el Desarrollo Sostenible en Guinea Ecuatorial. Baney, 21-22 junio 2016
  11. ↑ La educación superior en el siglo XXI: Visión y acción - UNESCO, París, 5 – 9 de outubro de 1998
  12. ↑ Y. BLAZQUEZ. Un seminario descubre la influencia de África en América Latina: Encuentro en la Casa América sobre el sur - El País - Madri, 27 de fevereiro de 1997
  13. ↑ La Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial (UNGE) cuenta con un nuevo Rector - Guinea-Ecuatorial.net - Foro Solidario por Guinea - 2003
  14. ↑ Filiberto Ntutumu Nguema Nchama nuevo Rector Magnifico de la Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial - Revista Digital - Fundación Sur - 2015
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