African Varsity Collaborates with AIT

The African University of Science and Technology(www.aust.edu.ng/)
(AUST), Abuja is to collaborate with the Asian Institute of Technology
(AIT), Thailand. President of AUST, Prof. Hilary Inyang said at a forum
organised for the visiting AIT scholars, that his institution was
disposed to collaborating with AIT in the area of research in order to
transfer technological knowledge to Africans, “Africa must be ready to
borrow from elsewhere in order for us to attain that strata of
advancement.”
On what African educational institutions should do to accelerate
scientific development, Inyang said the continent must tap from its
pool of intellect, blaming the continent’s poor technology credentials
on the lack of capacity to tap from its intellect, adding that “the
issue of trade protectionism has impinged on scientific and
technological development of Africa.”
Prof. Wuwongse Vilas, who represented AIT in the session, stressed the
need for science-based education that is production- oriented, “our
mission is in science and technology, therefore, we are very ready to
establish links with AUST, in order to foster Africa’s development,
Vilas stated.
The two institutions are to sign a Memorandum of Collaboration, which
will facilitate the exchange of programmes. Areas of agreement will
dwell on academic exchange programmes, research, testing and
supervision.