Njala University

Njala University
Type	Public
Established	1964
Chancellor	Sahr Gevao
Vice-Chancellor	Bashiru Koroma
Students	25,045 total
Location	Bo, Sierra Leone Njala, Moyamba District, Sierra Leone;
Campus	Njala and Bo campus (urban)
Website	http://njala.edu.sl/

Last updated June 25, 2024

Njala University (NU) is a public university located in Njala and Bo, Sierra Leone. It is the second largest university in Sierra Leone (after the University of Sierra Leone). The largest and main campus of Njala University is in Njala, Moyamba District; the other campus is Bo, the second largest city in Sierra Leone.^[1]

History

NU was originally created as part of the University of Sierra Leone (USL) in 1964 with the help of USAID and offered degrees in conjunction with the University of Illinois. Subsequent legislation in 1972 paired Fourah Bay and Njala under the University of Sierra Leone act, where the presidents of each institution switched the presidency of the USL on a biennial basis. This continued until 2005, when the university act separated Fourah Bay and NU into distinct institutions independently run.^[2]

Statistics

In the 1999–2000 academic year, NU had 722 male students and 98 female, which equated to approximately 27% of Sierra Leonean college students. It had 436 male staff and 98 females.

Current schools

The university commenced in August 2005 with the founding of 6 schools:

School of Education
School of Community Health Services
School of Social Sciences
School of Agriculture
School of Environmental Sciences
School of Technology

Bo campus

Bo campus has three schools, Education, Community Health Services and Social Sciences.

Njala campus

Njala campus has the other three schools, including Agriculture, Environmental Sciences and Technology as well as the university secretariat. However, as of the 2005-2006 year, New England Ville in Freetown was temporarily home to all of Njala's facilities, pending the rebuilding of Njala's campus.

Notable people

Monty Jones, executive director of FARA "and Co-winner of the prestigious 2004 World Food Prize, awarded for his discovery of the genetic process to create the New Rice for Africa (NERICA)
Alie Badara Mansaray, commissioner of the Sierra Leone National Commission for Social Action
S T Matturi, former principal of Njala University College and Sierra Leone's high commissioner to the UK during which time he played a crucial part in the twinning of Hull City and Freetown^[3]
Paul Richards, retired from Wageningen University, teaches and researches at Njala since 2014.
Joe Robert Pemagbi, current ambassador from Sierra Leone to the United Nations and former dean and head of language department.
Julius Spencer, Sierra Leonean movie actor and director, poet and playwright, journalist, and former Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the war-years and co-founder of the Campaign for Good Governance
Kandeh Yumkella, director-general of UNIDO^[4]

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References

↑ "Njala University | a public university and second largest university located in Njala, Bo and Freetown, Sierra Leone". njala.edu.sl. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
↑ "History of Njala and Illinois | Agricultural and Consumer Economics :: College of ACES, University of Illinois". ace.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
↑ Council, Hull City. "Home". Hull. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
↑ "Biography" . Retrieved 16 January 2013.

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[1] "Njala University | a public university and second largest university located in Njala, Bo and Freetown, Sierra Leone". njala.edu.sl. Retrieved 2020-05-26.

[2] "History of Njala and Illinois | Agricultural and Consumer Economics :: College of ACES, University of Illinois". ace.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-26.

[3] Council, Hull City. "Home". Hull. Retrieved 2024-06-24.

[4] "Biography" . Retrieved 16 January 2013.

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