DMI St. Eugene University

DMI - St. Eugene university is a Roman Catholic university in Zambia run by the Daughters of Mary Immaculate. It is named after Saint Eugène de Mazenod. Very Rev.Fr.Dr.Jesuadimai Emmanuel Arulraj (better known as Rev.Fr.Dr.J.E.ARUL RAJ) the Founder and Chairman of DMI-Group of Institutions is the Chancellor of DMI-St.Eugene University. It offers bachelor's and master's degrees as well as research programmes. It has campuses at Chibombo, Chipata and Woodlands.

Currently the main campus at Chibombo is undergoing expansion. It also has campuses in India, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Egypt, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil, Jamaica and Bhutan.

History

The school was founded in 1984. Its first campus was built at Woodlands in Lusaka. A few years later a second campus was built in Chibombo District, Central Province, and then a third campus at Chipata in Eastern Province.

In 2014, the university signed a contract with the Zambian government, and is participating in a nationwide Zambian government programme to train 2,000 new mathematics teachers,[1][2][3] and to participate in upgrading the qualifications of elementary and secondary educators.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Reflections on World Teachers’ Day". Zambia Daily Mail, 06, 2014
  2. ↑ "Deal to upgrade 2,000 teachers signed". Times of Zambia, Jan 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Zambia : Government has launched a fast track program to train Mathematics Teachers". LusakaTimes.com.
  4. ↑ "BETUZ hails fast track teacher upgrade plan By Francis Lungu". The Post, Zambia, 03 Sep, 2014
  • "DMI-St.Eugene university". dmiseu.edu.zm.


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