CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND ROLE OF PRIVATE SECTOR IN GRADUATE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Central Administration Office Adamson Muula John Saka University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

Background Leading and the oldest university in Malawi (1965) and comprises four colleges; Fifteen faculties and 13 research centres; Four business units; Five clinical services units; 698 academic staff; 71 administrative staff; 1,059 technical and support staff. University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

University Colleges Chancellor College College of Medicine The Polytechnic Kamuzu College of Nursing University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

Objects of the University To encourage the advancement and dissemination of learning and research To engage in such university education and research as is responsive to the needs of Malawi and the whole world To provide facilities for higher education, for research and for the advancement of knowledge in such branches of learning and study and for such persons as the Council may from time to time determine Subject to the Act and the Statutes, to award and confer Degrees and Diplomas, and other academic distinctions, including Honorary Degrees and distinctions University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

University Core values Commitment Professionalism Integrity Openness to diversity Responsiveness Entrepreneurship University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

Table 1: Students enrolment and graduation (0.1% international) 2016/17 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 ENROLMENT Undergraduate 11024 10,588 9,250 8,755 Postgraduate 1158 1,409 895 636 TOTAL 12482 11,997 10,145 9,391 GRADUANDS 2298 2,180 1,974 267 73 207 2565 2,253 2,181 University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

Workforce Development Model Source: USAID/Jordan (January 2009 as cited by Dunbar, January, 2013, pg. 4) University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

Development of academic programmes 2007/8 UNIMA Curriculum Reform Adherence to the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Policy (2015) Training Needs Assessment (TNA) including national/sectoral HR needs Tracer Studies Internal Consultation Stakeholder Consultation Compliance with national specifications from the National Council for Higher Education Academic Planning and Courses Committee (APCC) Senate University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

Private Sector/Industry engagement Definition/Reasons Reasons Private sector/Industry includes either employers, acting in a purely commercial capacity or fulfilling a corporate social responsibility policy, and private, for-profit, training providers Identification of knowledge, skills and competencies Transferable skills Participation in delivery Creation and sustainability of public/private partnerships (PPPs) Increasing quantity and improve the quality of demand-driven, industry-relevant skills development. Skills development ensures greater participation by employers. Strategic support towards financing gaps University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

Higher Education in Africa and SDGs/AU 2063 Agenda The HE Champion, the President of Malawi at RUFORUM side event at the UN, 1 October, 2015 University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

Malawi Political Leadership His Excellency Prof Peter Arthur Mutharika President of the Republic of Malawi and Chancellor delivered on 10th June, 2017 at the Oxford Union. He said: ‘‘First, we need an education that goes beyond the classroom. We need an education whose objective is not simply to qualify and certify individuals. It must be an education that aims at building capabilities in the people. We must aim at empowering the people with skills.’’ University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

Strategic Partnerships for SDGs/AU Academia Governments International Organisations Regional Economic Communities/blocks Private Sector/Businesses Civil Society University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

Graduate Programmes Programme Focus Partners MSc Applied Industrial Chemistry Chemical Manufacturing Chemical Industries Master of Commercial Law Financial Sectior Banks/National Bank PhD Engineering Infrastructure Malawi Institute of Engineers PhD Global Health Implementation Health Medical Council of Malawi MSc Bioinformatics Health Management NGO Sector PhD Interprofessional Health care Nursing Management Nursing/NGO Master of Public Health Public Health Health and NGOs MA Applied Ethics Moral Ethics/Integrity Government/Industry MSc (Agroforestry) Tree Management Forestry/NGOs University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

Thought Leadership Dialogue with Industry Industry-Universities platform formed Industry/private sector participating in Tracer Study Regular engagement University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017

International Leadership The President of the Twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Anthony Carmona, during the 14th Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators (ACHEA) annual conference (9-11 July, 2015) said (andre.poyser@gleanerjm.com): "The time has come for the private sector - for example, the oil and gas industries and tourism - to have a substantial hand in designing the appropriate secondary and tertiary curricula. This will not only financially benefit the student and the university, but will ensure that students graduate with the skills and knowledge that will best service the needs of the respective corporate and private sector industries’’ University-Private Sector Programme Development, Kigali, 19 October, 2017