University of Tifariti explained

University of Tifariti
Native Name:جامعة تيفاريتي
Other Name:UTIFARITI
Native Name Lang:ar
Established:2013
Rector:Jatari Hamudi[1]
Dean:Moulay M'hamed Brahim[2]

The University of Tifariti (UTIFARITI;,) is a university in Tifariti, Western Sahara.

History

The University of Tifariti is the first Sahrawi university, established in 2013 under Presidential Decree 24/2012 of 23 December 2012. President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Mohamed Abdelaziz also appointed Khatari Ahmudi Abdallahi as its first president.[3]

International academic collaboration

The idea of founding a university in the Sahrawi liberated territories has existed since at least 2009, with the help of many other universities of the world, including the University of Leeds (United Kingdom), National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (Nicaragua), University of California, Berkeley (United States), University of Pretoria (South Africa), University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), University of Havana (Cuba), University of Mentouri (Algeria) and a dozen others from Africa, America and Europe.[4] [5]

Sahrawi government support

Sahrawi authorities have offered free basic education to children in the Sahrawi refugee camps, enabling them to rise from one of Africa's lowest literacy levels to over 90% literacy.[6] However, prior to the university's founding, students had to travel abroad for higher education.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gobierno – Universidad de Tifariti . universidadtifariti.org.
  2. News: May 23, 2024 . Dean of Tifariti University received at South African embassy by ambassador . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240523204944/https://www.spsrasd.info/en/2024/05/23/3627.html . May 23, 2024 . May 23, 2024 . Sahara Press Service . en.
  3. News: Establishment of first Saharawi University in liberated Tifariti (presidential decree) . SPS . 9 February 2013 . 10 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195331/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/establishment-first-saharawi-university-liberated-tifariti-presidential-decree . 29 October 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. News: SAHARA-SPAIN: University of the Desert. University World News. Paul Rigg. 7 June 2009. 9 September 2013.
  5. http://uv-net.uio.no/wpmu/hedda/2009/06/17/a-new-university-in-the-sahara-desert/ A New University in the Sahara Desert
  6. News: Absolute friends. New Internationalist. Paul Rigg. June 2009. 9 September 2013.
  7. News: First university for Western Sahara refugees being built. Afrol News. 16 February 2013. 9 September 2013.