pictured: SCSU President Andrew HugineThrough a U.S. Agency for International Development’s Africa Education Initiative SC State University and other HBCUs are working to provide textbooks and other learning marterials to students in grades K-8 in six sub-Saharan African countries.
SCSU will receive $3 million in federal funds and will provide, by September 2008, a minimum of 600,000 textbooks and/or learning materials for residents of Tanzania and the island of Zanzibar.
The focus of the materials is secondary science in the areas of biology, physics and chemistry. The materials must be “relevant and culturally appropriate and sensitive,” said Andrew Hugine, President of SCSC.
SCSU has a number of faculty members from Africa, including one from Ghana, Hugine said.
The program opens up all sorts of possibilities for students, faculty and technology exchanges and helps SCSU fulfill its mission of “helping our students understand the world” by providing global perspectives, Hugine said.
Textbook and Learning Materials Program partner
South Carolina State University and Tanzania.
Elizabeth City State University and Senegal.
Alabama A&M University and Ethiopia.
Chicago State University and Ghana.
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