Transcript 1. Postgraduate programmes - an overview 10-12

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI – AN OVERVIEW
Prof. Eunice Mutitu
Director, BPS
Presented at Sensitization Workshop on
Postgraduate Matters
10th December 2013 – Central Catering Unit (CCU)
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Introduction
Board of Postgraduate Studies was established
in 1985 by an Act of Parliament that was
repealed in 2012 and now falls under the
Universities Act, 2012.
Operations and structure of the Board are
stipulated in statute XXI (Academic Calendar
2012/2013)
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Vision and Mission
Vision
World excellence in graduate studies and research
Mission
To provide leadership in production of quality studies
and development of quality academic and research
programmes
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Core Values
The board commits itself to living up to the highest
ideals of good governance in pursuing excellence.
Accordingly the Board will embrace:
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Professionalism
Free pursuit of knowledge and innovativeness
Freedom of thought and academic enquiry
Freedom of association
Good corporate governance
Teamwork and team spirit
Equity
Ethics and integrity
Quality customer service
Corporate social responsibility
Respect for protection of the environment
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Core Functions of BPS
 Coordination of postgraduate syllabi and regulations
 Advertisements and admission of postgraduate
students
 Administer postgraduate scholarships and research
grants
 Administer and process postgraduate thesis, project or
research papers
 Ensure proper conduct and supervision of postgraduate
studies programs
 Oversee general welfare and discipline of postgraduate
students
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Number of Postgraduate
Programmes
BPS has achieved a phenomenal increase in the
number of programmes offered. The current number
of these programmes is:
 Doctor of Philosophy
 Masters
 Postgraduate Diplomas
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95
191
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These programs are regularly reviewed and new ones
added. In the past two years, 34 programmes were
revised and 26 new ones were added.
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Cont’d
When
developing
new
programmes
the
Commission for University Education (CUE)
guidelines are being followed
This give an indication of the capacities of the
Departments/Faculties/Schools in relation to:
 No. of students that can be accommodated
 Staff who will teach and their qualifications
 Physical infrastructure
 Courses for year 1 and year 2 (continuing)
clearly indicated
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Cont’d
 Physical infrastructure
 Examination schedule
 Approvals of the programmes at various stages
(minutes)
 Involvement of stakeholders participation and
acceptance
 Fees structure and guidelines
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Profile of Postgraduate
programmes
PROGRAMME
COLLEGE
TOTAL
CAE
CAVS
CBPS
CEES
CHS
CHSS
PHD
9
26
10
9
13
28
95
MASTERS
17
40
40
16
32
46
191
PGD
2
2
3
1
7
4
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TOTAL
28
68
53
26
52
78
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Student enrolment
Postgraduate student enrolment has been growing
over the last five years and now stands at 12,945
PGD
MASTERS
PHD
TOTAL
CAVS
CAE
CHS
CBPS
CEES
CHSS
8
36
25
23
17
62
441
580
947
609
2,229
6,776
106
32
52
91
132
779
555
648
1,024
723
2,378
7,617
TOTAL
171
11,582
1,192
12,945
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Graduation statistics for
PhDs
PhD graduate numbers rose from 20 in 2000 to 94 in 2013.
Two were awarded with Doctor of Science, one in August
and one in December from CAVS and CHS respectively. The
other Doctor of Science was awarded in 2008 from CBPS
There is need to push the numbers to over 100 per year.
There is also a big gender imbalance as most of the
graduates are male.
In 2013 there was 61 male and 33 female.
The table below shows the rise of PhD graduates in the
University from year 2000 to 2013.
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YEAR
TOTAL NO. GRADUATED
GENDER
M
17
21
18
20
16
F
3
5
3
7
5
20
26
21
27
3
1
28
DEC
2006 SEP
3
12
3
DEC
2007 SEP
5
11
2
2
DEC
2008 SEP
11
13
6
3
DEC
2009 SEP
18
9
7
4
DEC
2010 SEP
20
19
8
6
DEC
2011 SEP
14
24
5
4
DEC
2012 SEP
26
13
7
9
DEC
2013 AUG
27
17
30
4
DEC
TOTAL
44
381
29
153
2000
2001
2002
2004
2005 MAR
OCT
22
30
41
41
44
61
79
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Cont’d
COLLEGE
2011
2012
2013
CAE
3
6
3
CAVS
22
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CBPS
10
15
13
CHS
5
8
8
CHSS
19
36
48
CEES
2
6
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TOTAL
61
79
94
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Challenges
 Students not finishing at stipulated time
 Students not writing the quarterly progress
reports
 Students not consulting with their
supervisors monthly
 Not enough information in students files
due to above challenges
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Analysis of causes of noncompletion of students
 A random analysis of 322 student responses
on why they had not completed analyzed
(see table)
 The majority – 86% was due to personal
reasons
 University specific reasons were only 3%
 University and other reasons were 11%
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Analysis table for 322 students for non - completion
Reasons
Number
Percentage (%)
Personal problems
276
86
University specific
10
3
University and Other reasons
36
11
Total
322
100
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Personal reasons
 Heavy workload
 Job transfer from Nairobi
 Financial
 Family issues including sickness,
bereavement and domestic
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University problems
 Missing marks
 Late results
 Holding of results
 Delay in allocation of supervisor
 Change of supervisor
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Cont’d
 Unavailability of supervisors
 Supervisors outside UON
 Confusion whether student is in regular or
other modules
 Interfaculty transfers
 Enrolment challenges
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Address of Challenges
 BPS provides guidelines for supervision to
students and supervisors (also in the BPS
website)
 BPS developed an expanded template for
information capture and tracking students
(currently information being uploaded)
 BPS de-registers students who have
overstayed without cause
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Cont’d
 BPS has prepared a student handbook that
gives all details needed for postgraduate
training (to be printed for circulation)
 Revision of postgraduate regulations (ready
for discussion at the Deans Committee and
the Senate
 Development of BPS Strategic plan 2013-2018
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BPS Strategic Plan 20132018
 The BPS Strategic plan is harmonized with the UoN
Strategic Plan
 Participation in the development of the Strategic
Plan was all inclusive – UMB and Deans and Directors
 It captures all areas that need addressing
 The matrix expands on the details and those
responsible
 Clear that a new structure is needed for BPS to
manage the various operations stipulated in the
Strategic Plan
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Way Forward
 Printing and circulation of postgraduate
student handbook
 Completion of the revision of postgraduate
regulations
 Full implementation of the Strategic Plan 20132018
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Prof. Maloiy’s Dsc. presentation
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Prof. Ndetei’s Dsc. presentation
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49th Graduation Phd graduates
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