The Update(Welcoming 2017)
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Date
2017
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
The new calendar year promises to bring many changes
to Tangaza. Although the Commission for University
Education has not made any promises, we believe that we
are closer than ever to the grant of a charter. Soon we will
have identified a new Vice-Chancellor and new Deputy Vice
Chancellors, ready to step in once the charter is granted.
During this semester we will have a series of inspections,
visitations and audits to ensure that we are
truly
ready for this momentous step. As
you may have
read
in the newspapers, the Cabinet Secretary for Education,
Dr. Fred Matiang’i, has ordered the Commission
for University Education (CUE) to conduct an immediate
quality
audit
of
all
universities
and
constituent
colleges
in Kenya, to check that admissions standards and
programmes
meet
all
of
the academic
requirements
and
that
degrees
are being awarded
properly.
Our Registrar,
Mr.
Ngure Githinji, has been working round the clock
to gather the information requested. CUE may soon follow
up with an on-site inspection. The Commission is
also likely to visit this semester to confirm that we are
implementing all of the recommendations they made following
the
technical
inspection
of
April
2016.
And
Tangaza’s
Governing
Council
has
decided
to
revive
the
annual
visitations
that
used
to be done by the Board
of
Trustees.
Meanwhile, we ourselves are organizing a Human
Resource Audit and a Security Audit, to be completed in
the next few weeks. Among other things, the Human Resource
Audit
will deal with our administrative structure,
recommending
improvements in efficiency and effectiveness;
it will review our employment terms, job descriptions,
salary structure, staff skills and so on, to see that
they are in line with what we will need as a university.
The Security Audit will inform us on what more we can
do to protect our Tangaza family members, and will enable
us
to
begin
regular
fire
and
safety
training
and
drills,
to
improve our security.
Among
other things, according to
government
requirements,
we
will need
to begin collecting
biometric data on all our staff, lecturers and students.
Don’t be surprised, then, if during the next few
weeks you see various officials on campus for inspections
and visitations. Some will likely request data of various
January 2017
sorts, or even ask you for interviews. We hope for your
honesty, patience and cooperation. If you point out what
we could be doing better, don’t forget also to mention
those things we are already doing well. After all, we need
to show that we are truly ready for the responsibilities of
university status. These processes can seem tiresome and
distracting, and we may wonder at times whether this or
that particular review and recommendation is truly necessary
and
beneficial.
But overall, we realize that these are
all part of the process of ensuring that Tangaza is measuring
up to its ideals and providing the highest quality educational
services.
May
they
all
help
us
to
“proclaim
the
mystery
of
faith” (Tangaza
fumbo la
imani)
more
effectively
by
“teaching
minds,
touching
hearts
and
transforming
lives”.
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Keywords
welcoming 2017, incarnation, african studies, New Resource, A time of transformation