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Board members of St Veronica Medical Centre gathered on Friday June 24^th at the conference room of the complex to evaluate the execution of the budget which was approved for the period October 2021 to May 2022. Board members approved the budgetary execution and commended executors for meticulously performing their work.

During the meeting which brought together some twelve members of the Board, the chair Dr. Mrs.  Francisca Hongla Biaka, expressed heartfelt gratitude to fellow members for their relentless efforts and contributions in supporting the mission of the complex at all times. She further informed the Board of the Home medical and health care service – a new unit under the St Veronica Polyclinic which aims to provide health care services to patients at home. This innovation within the complex is expected to kick start on the 1^st of July 2022.

The session also witnessed the visit to the ongoing construction site by board members which entails the building of some 9 classrooms with a capacity to host over 900 students. This construction work is underway to arrest the increase in student population within the university and is expected to be completed before the start of the academic year 2022/2023.

The board of trustees of St Veronica Medical Centre it should be noted is a decision making body of the complex which meets at least twice yearly to oversee the smooth functioning of the Centre. The next meeting is slated before the start of the next academic year 2022/2023.

Over 300 final year students of the School of Health Sciences in Biaka University Institute of Buea BUIB are currently defending their thesis as one of the prerequisites for the award of a Bachelor of Science degree in their various disciplines. The excellent performances of these students from the department of Nursing, Midwifery, Pharmaceutical Studies, Allied Health,   Public Health and Administration, have this far proven to the panelists and spectators that they have a mastery of the knowledge and skills acquired throughout their period of undergraduate studies at BUIB.

Talking to the Director of the school Mr. Njoping Christopher, who over the years coordinated the activities of the school to ensure quality in the process of teaching, the work presented by students this far is of great quality and would serve as openings for future research by the school. Supporting this assertion, the assistant director of the school Mr. Folefack Alexander, expressed satisfaction with the level of commitment, discipline and knowledge acquisition exhibited by the students from the formulation of project topics till the defense proper. According to him, these students are not only ripe academically for the job market, but they carry with them moral virtues which will boost their success in the field of practice.

For the students, this academic exercise helps to stimulate their minds on critical thinking which is research based and gives students the opportunity to identify issues and propose solutions for the benefit of the community at large.

As they complete this academic exercise, all successful students are expected to be part of the graduation ceremony slated sometime in November/December this year.

A total of 10 new Undergraduate Programs and 16 new Postgraduate Programs have been validated to run in the School of Education in Biaka University Institute of Buea. This approval was made today the 25th of May 2022 during the signing ceremony of framework and specific agreement between the University of Buea (UB) and Biaka University Institute of Buea (BUIB), which took place in the boardroom of the Central Administrative building in UB.

Presiding at the event, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Buea Professor Horace Ngomo Manga explained that the government mandates Private Higher Education Institutions with the responsibility to assist the government in providing quality education which meets the standards set by the Ministry of Higher Education. In the process of implementing this activity the state ensures that quality is being maintained via mentorship of private institutions by state universities. In the case of Biaka University Institute of Buea, Professor Horace articulated clearly that BUIB is a true reflection of the quality UB wants to see in other mentee institutions. He appreciated the structural and human resource capacities of BUIB and reaffirmed UB’s commitment to accompany BUIB in her Strives to train students with the audacity to be different.

Speaking at the event, the representative of the Minister of State, Minister of Higher Education Mme  Aboui Claire added her voice to congratulate BUIB for the excellent work in educating the leaders of tomorrow.

These new programs approved to run in the School of Education in BUIB, are extensions to the undergraduate and master’s programs of the school.

It is worth noting that BUIB is currently licensed to run 51 postgraduate programs and 35 undergraduate programs.

The School of Education it should be noted runs alongside BUIB’s two other schools-the school of Management Sciences and the School of Health Sciences.