Jump to content

Jami'ar Open University of West Africa

Daga Wikipedia, Insakulofidiya ta kyauta.
Jami'ar Open University of West Africa
Bayanai
Iri jami'a
Ƙasa Ghana
Tarihi
Ƙirƙira 2012

Open University of West Africa (OUWA) an kafa ta ne a Ghana a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2011 da John Roberts da Patrick Steele. Tare da burin karya yanayin talauci a Yammacin Afirka ta hanyar ilimin kan layi, John Roberts da wanda ya kafa shi sun yi wahayi zuwa gare su ta hanyar kallo mai sauƙi amma mai saɓani: a halin yanzu, shiga ilimi mafi girma a Afirka ya kasance ƙasa sosai, yawancin jami'o'i mafi kyau a duniya sun fara sanya darussan su a kan layi ta hanyar dandamali kamar Coursera, edX, Udacity da sauransu.

Wadanda suka kafa su biyu sun zama abin motsawa ta hanyar amfani da wannan "cikakken guguwa" na Open Educational Resources (OER) kyauta, samun damar yin amfani da fasahar wayar hannu, da kuma bukatar da za a yi amfani da ita don bunkasa ci gaba ta hanyar manyan kasashen Afirka.

Tarihi[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Da yake a Ghana, Open University of West Africa (OUWA) ya ba da ilimi mai tsada sosai (US $ 10 / shekara), yayin da yake ƙarfafa kowane ɗalibi ya zama wakilin canji a cikin wannan gwagwarmaya. A Yammacin Afirka, kasa da kashi 10% na dalibai sun yi rajista a wata cibiyar ilimi mafi girma, kuma matsanancin talauci gaskiya ce mai barazana ga mutane da yawa.[1] Duk da wasu kokarin da gwamnatocin Afirka ta Yamma suka yi na fadada damar ilimi, babu wani ci gaba a fannin ilimi a wannan yankin na Afirka. Kokarin sauƙin kara yawan mutanen da suka shiga makarantu ba su warware matsalar ba.[2] Ba tare da samun dama ga ilimi mafi girma ba, akwai ɗan bege na ɗalibai su zama masu sana'a kamar masu kasuwanci, likitoci da jami'an gwamnati. Ba tare da waɗannan masana'antu da shugabannin al'umma ba, ci gaban tattalin arziki kusan ba zai yiwu ba.

Open University of West Africa ta ja hankalin dalibai da yawa. Bayan bude 'cafet na intanet na ilimi' a Accra, Ghana, OUWA ta fara ne tare da dalibai sama da 40 da suka halarci darussan.[3] Shekara daya da rabi a cikin ƙaddamarwa, OUWA tana da kimanin dalibai 200.[1] Wannan ya wakilci mafi yawan ɗalibai da ke samun damar MOOCs a Afirka ta Kudu.[4] Abinda ya fi dacewa da ƙananan "campus" shi ne cewa ya ba da damar ɗalibai masu tunani iri ɗaya, su haɗa kai da takwarorinsu, kuma sun fara kafa ƙungiyoyi tare don fara kasuwanci. Wannan ra'ayin da dalibai ke jagoranta ya zama muhimmiyar mahimmanci ga masu haɗin gwiwa da ke haifar da tsarin kasuwanci na "Educate- Incubate- Invest" wanda zai zama farawa don matakin gaba na wannan "sabon makarantar".

Sabon samfurin[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

  1. Ilimi: Da farko da aka mayar da hankali ga ƙaddamar da OUWA shine isar da mafi girma ga waɗanda ba za su iya samun damar shiga ta hanyar tashoshin gargajiya ba. Wadannan dalibai da ba a kai su ba yanzu za su iya samun damar duk kayan karatu da abubuwan da ake bukata a kan layi kyauta a gidan yanar gizo na OUWA. Akwai darussan kan Kasuwanci, Kimiyya ta Kwamfuta, Ilimi na Gaba ɗaya duk an samo su daga Coursera da Udacity.
  2. Incubate: A matsayin ci gaba na halitta na ɗaliban kasuwanci da ɗalibai masu tunani, mataki na gaba ga OUWA shine ya zama mai farawa. Don bunkasa wannan yanayi, an halicci abubuwan da suka faru kuma an sami sararin samaniya don masu haɗin gwiwa su dace. Wannan ƙarni na gaba da mayar da hankali ga ƙirƙirar kasuwancin duniya na ainihi ya sa karfafawa ga ɗalibai masu zuwa ya wuce kusan kudaden da ba su wanzu ba da kuma wadata da sauƙin samun dama.[4] Sashe na shayarwa na hangen nesa na OUWA ya kunshi gina tsarin halittu na Yammacin Afirka. Ta hanyar mayar da hankali kan incubation, co-kafa suna cika burinsu na ƙarshe: Ci gaba da Ci gaba a W. Afirka.
  3. Sa hannun jari: Ta hanyar abubuwan da suka faru kamar Startup West Africa (SWA), ƙwararrun bangarorin hukuntawa sun zaɓi ra'ayoyin kasuwanci tare da mafi yawan yiwuwar. Sa'an nan kuma, kudaden tsaba za su taimaka wajen ƙaddamar da farawa don musayar kusan kashi 10% na hannun jari ga OUWA. Wadannan ƙananan saka hannun jari a cikin manyan kasuwancin da manyan ɗalibai suna shirya hanya zuwa wani burin da ake buƙata: Ci gaba.

Abubuwan da aka samu[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

SliceBiz ya zama daya daga cikin manyan farawa da aka ƙaddamar da su ta hanyar OUWA co-kafa. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan gasa na farawa a nahiyar, Apps for Africa, ya zaɓi su don a ba su kudade na $ 10,000 kuma suyi tafiya zuwa New York don buɗe NYSE. Tare da karfin da wadannan masu kirkiro na farko suka kirkira, Open University of West Africa, tare da SliceBiz, sun jagoranci kirkirar HUB Accra, wani wuri na aiki tare da aka sadaukar kawai don taimakawa kasuwancin da ke jagorantar Afirka. Cibiyar sadarwa ta duniya ta "cibiyoyin kirkire-kirkire", Impact Hub da sauri ta karɓi "Impact Hub Accra" a matsayin hanyar haɗin gwiwa a cikin saurin tsarin halittu a Accra.[5] Suna da sarari don farawa, masu zaman kansu, masu yin, masu kirkirar ko kamfanoni da aka kafa suna neman sarari mai sassauƙa da kuma karfafa gwiwa.[1] A matsayinta na mai shirya taron a cikin tsarin halittu na farawa, Impact Hub Accra kuma yana kula da abubuwan da suka faru na musamman da gogewa ga masu ruwa da tsaki daban-daban. Wannan cibiyar samfurin ne na babban cibiyar farko da Open University of West Africa ta gudanar.[1][5]

Tare da hangen nesa don ragewa da karya sake zagayowar talauci, OUWA ta ba da gudummawa ga bunƙasa samun damar samun ilimi mai inganci ba kawai a babban birnin Accra a Ghana ba. Akwai wuraren ilmantarwa a Kumasi da kuma yunkurin da aka yi na hawa zuwa Gambiya, Mali, da Burkina. A Gambiya, OUWA ta gudanar da shirin horar da malamai mai nasara tare da malamain makarantar firamare sama da 20.[6] A Burkina da Mali, jami'ar ta tsara tsarin karatun Turanci a matsayin Harshen Ƙasashen Waje (EFL). [1] An tsara tsarin karatun ta hanyar da za ta amfana da gaske ga waɗanda ke son koyon Turanci don dalilai na ilimi. Baya ga shirin karatun EFL, an ci gaba a cikin shirin Mataimakin likita.[7]

Direbobin jirgin sama, sikelin da darussan da aka koya[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Yayinda yake bin ƙalubalen OpenIDEO - ƙirar ƙasa da ƙasa da kamfanin ba da shawara wanda ke zaune a California - juyin halitta na gaba na OUWA ya zo ne a cikin hanyar da ta dace ta yadda za a samar da ilimi ga 'yan gudun hijira da inganta damar ilmantarwa a sansanonin' yan gudun hijira.

An gudanar da shirin sansanin 'yan gudun hijira a matsayin matukin jirgi na farko. An gudanar da shi a sansanonin 'yan gudun hijira guda biyu a yankin Yammacin Ghana: Ampain da Krisan . Ga wannan matukin jirgi, OUWA ta yi haɗin gwiwa tare da École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) wata cibiyar tarayya ta Switzerland da ake girmamawa a cikin kasuwanci. Kimanin 'yan gudun hijira 100, daga matasa zuwa tsofaffi, sun shiga cikin shirin. Open University of West Africa ta rarraba wayoyin salula na zamani da aka riga aka ɗora tare da darussan kasuwanci da kayan aikin ilimi da aka tsara don mutanen da ke zaune a waɗannan sansanonin.[1][8]

Wannan jujjuyawar ilimin wayar hannu a yankuna masu talauci ya zama babban canji ga Open University of West Africa.

Abubuwan da aka gano yayin gudanar da matukin jirgi sun share sabuwar hanya gaba. Direban jirgin ya nuna cewa akwai wani abu na musamman da ya wuce samar da tsarin karatun da aka tsara don gabatar da dalibi ta hanyar daidaitattun tsarin ma'aikata. Bayan shekaru 4 na jagorantar OUWA, John Roberts ya fahimci cewa "abin da zai karfafa jama'a shi ne idan za ku iya taimaka wa mutumin da ke sayar da albasa a gefen hanya don rarraba samfuran su ko ƙididdigar ƙimar ƙarawa, suna iya fara samun sau huɗu zuwa biyar fiye da yawan kuɗin shiga. Sakamakon na biyu daga hangen nesa na ci gaba na iya zama da gaske. Ka yi tunanin wani yana samun dala a rana ba zato ba tsammani zai iya samun dala 4 a rana, to za su iya zuwa asibiti da kuma samun damar yin amfani da yanayin kasuwanci. [1] Nan da ke faruwa.[8]

Ƙarshen OUWA, Farawar InvestED, PBC[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Tare da sabon fahimtar cewa sikelin ya fi sauƙi kuma ya fi tasiri, dangane da isa ga mutane marasa galihu, ta hanyar dandamali na hannu, OUWA ta haifi InvestED.[9] Ganin cewa burin OUWA shine samar da ilimi mai inganci, InvestED za ta mai da hankali kan horo mara inganci da ilmantarwa na rayuwa.[1] OUWA ta wanzu tare da manufa don kawo babban ilimi ga waɗanda ba su da damar yin amfani da fasaha ta hanyar kasancewa tsarin isar da mil na ƙarshe don albarkatun ilimi.[6] Kodayake OUWA kwanan nan ta dakatar da aiki, abin da aka koya a cikin shekaru huɗu na kunna sabbin hanyoyi ya haifar da kafa InvestED: aikace-aikacen android "don ilimantar da 'yan kasuwa masu gwagwarmaya zuwa ga kwanciyar hankali ta hanyar fasahar wayar hannu ta zamani".[1][9]

Bayanan da aka ambata[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Haɗin waje[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

  1. ↑ "The Role of Tertiary Education Institutions in Teaching Entrepreneurship in Post- Conflict Environments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-10.
  2. ↑ "Educational reconstruction and post-colonial curriculum development: A comparative study of four African countries". International Education Journal.
  3. ↑ "Young US Entrepreneur Opens the Boundaries of Education in West Africa | Supernews". www.supernews.co.za. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "OUWA: the open university that will blow your mind | SparkTour". www.sparktour.fr. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Impact Hub Accra". www.hubaccra.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Social Entrepreneurs @ work : John roberts (Open University of West Africa)". The Entrepreneurs' Ship. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  7. ↑ "John Roberts – TEDxBarcelonaEducation". tedxbarcelonaed.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.[permanent dead link]
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :3
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Home". InvestED. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
Daga "https://ha.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jami%27ar_Open_University_of_West_Africa&oldid=446822"