UniSey holds 5th lecture to mark its anniversary |19 September 2020
Mr Domingue receives a token of appreciation from the vice-chancellor of UniSey Dr Justin Valentin (Photo: Thomas Meriton)
The University of Seychelles (UniSey) hosted its fifth anniversary lecture on September 17, which coincided with the 11th anniversary of the opening of the university.
This year’s speaker was Jean-Michel Domingue, who delivered a lecture on ‘The Development of the Tertiary Education Regulatory Framework’.
The lecture was attended by stakeholders, major partners, people with interest in the theme of the lecture, friends of UniSey, active alumni, staff and students.
Mr Domingue started his career as a history teacher before moving to the Ministry of Education where he became the chief executive of the Seychelles Qualifications Authority (SQA) where he established the Tertiary Education Commission.
The lecture covered the development of regulations, laws and policies in tertiary education, effects on certain policies as well as the tertiary education act and the SQA act.
In his lecture, Mr Domingue noted that UniSey was born out of presidential announcements and that there should have been more consultation with the ministry of education.
“The government and its partners need to sit down and have a discussion about what they want in a national university,” he said.
He also noted that UniSey has come a long way since its opening and the knowledge that its students have received has molded them into professionals in their fields.
On her part the director of marketing for UniSey, Dolivette Chang-Ko, noted that UniSey began operations on September 11, 2009, and every year for the past 5 years the university has invited a lecturer to talk about a research topic of international and national relevance.
“Mr Domingue’s lecture was very informative as he talked about the different regulations which govern the university and also touched on some of its challenges,” said Ms Chang-Ko.
Christophe Zialor
