‘Dream and dream big, and then realise it,’ says President Michel
President James Michel, who is also the chancellor of the University of Seychelles, has applauded the hard work, determination and resilience of the
students and staff of the university.
This was after he was presented with a copy of the Certificate of Recognition of the University of Seychelles (UniSey) as a Registered Centre of the University of London, at a ceremony at the Anse Royale Campus yesterday morning (see story on page 1).
The University of Seychelles achieved the ‘Registered Centre’ status in April this year, becoming one of 70 educational institutions in the world to have this award.
The President said the UniSey is a success story that tells the importance of believing in ourselves, and believing in the empowerment of the Seychellois youth.
He said he felt very proud that the university would become the ‘knowledge hub of the Indian Ocean.’
“Hats off to the hard working staff and leadership at the UniSey. You have shown determination, resilience and have braved the hurdles. It is today recognition of all your hard work to make the University of Seychelles what it has become today. It is a proud day for the University of Seychelles. It is a proud day for Seychelles. Today UniSey is set to move to greater heights. We are preparing for our international intake and our research centres. Thank you all for being part of the realisation of a beautiful dream. Even if you are a small country, if you want to make it happen, you have to dream and dream big, and then realise it!,” said the President in his address to alumni and staff of the university.
The President recalled that in 2007 in his National Day Address he announced plans for the creation of the university, saying at the time: “We have reached the stage in our development where we have to take bold and daring decisions to take Seychelles and the Seychellois to the next level. The times have changed from when we said that Seychelles was too small to have a university. Our Seychelles may be small in size, but we have grown. We have grown in maturity, we have grown as a people, and we have grown in our capacity. Today, we resolve to develop this capacity further.”
He thanked the members of the Seychelles University Foundation who helped to create the university under the chairmanship of Professor Rolph Payet, for their invaluable contributions in helping to pave the way forward.
He also recalled how “we were ridiculed and how skeptical some people were; some said we were too small and some said we do not have the capacity to make it happen”.
“But we proved them all wrong, we do have the capacity and we made it happen! Today it is happening in a big way and it is documented by the award that has been given to us by the University of London,” the president said.
We will recall that the university was launched in September 2009 and studies started in October that year. Since 2009, the University of Seychelles has had a total of 68 Bachelor’s degree graduates and 397 certificate and diploma graduates who have completed its various study programmes. It has also had a total of 56 Master’s degree graduates under the Seychelles Young Leaders Programme.
Today there are 1,330 students enrolled at the university. Partner institutions include: the University of London, L’Université de La Réunion, L’Université de Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne, Amity University in India, the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (Esami), and the Institute of Public Administration in Ireland.
This was after he was presented with a copy of the Certificate of Recognition of the University of Seychelles (UniSey) as a Registered Centre of the University of London, at a ceremony at the Anse Royale Campus yesterday morning (see story on page 1).
The University of Seychelles achieved the ‘Registered Centre’ status in April this year, becoming one of 70 educational institutions in the world to have this award.
The President said the UniSey is a success story that tells the importance of believing in ourselves, and believing in the empowerment of the Seychellois youth.
He said he felt very proud that the university would become the ‘knowledge hub of the Indian Ocean.’
“Hats off to the hard working staff and leadership at the UniSey. You have shown determination, resilience and have braved the hurdles. It is today recognition of all your hard work to make the University of Seychelles what it has become today. It is a proud day for the University of Seychelles. It is a proud day for Seychelles. Today UniSey is set to move to greater heights. We are preparing for our international intake and our research centres. Thank you all for being part of the realisation of a beautiful dream. Even if you are a small country, if you want to make it happen, you have to dream and dream big, and then realise it!,” said the President in his address to alumni and staff of the university.
The President recalled that in 2007 in his National Day Address he announced plans for the creation of the university, saying at the time: “We have reached the stage in our development where we have to take bold and daring decisions to take Seychelles and the Seychellois to the next level. The times have changed from when we said that Seychelles was too small to have a university. Our Seychelles may be small in size, but we have grown. We have grown in maturity, we have grown as a people, and we have grown in our capacity. Today, we resolve to develop this capacity further.”
He thanked the members of the Seychelles University Foundation who helped to create the university under the chairmanship of Professor Rolph Payet, for their invaluable contributions in helping to pave the way forward.
He also recalled how “we were ridiculed and how skeptical some people were; some said we were too small and some said we do not have the capacity to make it happen”.
“But we proved them all wrong, we do have the capacity and we made it happen! Today it is happening in a big way and it is documented by the award that has been given to us by the University of London,” the president said.
We will recall that the university was launched in September 2009 and studies started in October that year. Since 2009, the University of Seychelles has had a total of 68 Bachelor’s degree graduates and 397 certificate and diploma graduates who have completed its various study programmes. It has also had a total of 56 Master’s degree graduates under the Seychelles Young Leaders Programme.
Today there are 1,330 students enrolled at the university. Partner institutions include: the University of London, L’Université de La Réunion, L’Université de Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne, Amity University in India, the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (Esami), and the Institute of Public Administration in Ireland.
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