Catholic University of Malawi (CUNIMA) celebrates A Decade of Quality Holistic Education.
Rev. Fr. George Buleya, Vice Chancelor Catholic University of Malawi
By Prince Henderson, ECM Communications Officer
The Catholic University of Malawi (CUNIMA) will on Saturday, September 24, celebrate its 10th anniversary. The celebrations will be commemorated during the twelfth graduation ceremony where 288 grandaunts will receive their diplomas and degrees at the University Ground, Montfort Campus, in Blantyre. CUNIMA opened its doors to its first batch of students in 2006.
The award ceremony will be preceded by Thanks Giving Eucharistic Celebrations and later on there will be the unveiling of the new Strategic Plan for the university.
Catholic University of Malawi
CUNIMA was established by the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) on 16th October 2004 as an institution of higher learning and was officially opened by late Bingu Wa Mutharika, the then President of the Republic of Malawi on 28th October 2006.
In an interview with CUNIMA Vice Chancellor, Rev. Dr. George Buleya, He said the University believes in quality and holistic education offers twenty-five programmes of study spread over in six faculties which include Faculty of Theology, Commerce, Education, Law, Nursing and Midwifery and Faculty of Art and Social Sciences. He further added that the University offers both Undergraduate and Post graduate programmes. He assured the students who have enrolled and who aspire to enrol that the university endeavours to offer high quality academic standards. The Vice Chancellor said that “the holistic approach to higher education ensures that CUNIMA graduates are trained to become useful and reliable citizens who will make a difference when they graduate,” He said.
He is happy that, the institution has grown from the initial student population of 127 in 2006 to the current population of 1677 students of whom 1074 are regular students and 603 are part time students.
An Alumnus of CUNIMA, Success Sikwese; who currently works at the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) In Congratulating the University on its 10th Anniversary said he values the University for he has achieved a lot because of what he acquired at there. He further noted that “CUNIMA’s uniqueness is that there is community life where they learn morals, ethical consciousness and have community responsibility which encourages students to share ideas and experiences among students thereby becoming reliable members of the society.”
The Catholic University in Malawi was recognized and accredited by the Government of Malawi on 29th January 2009 as an Institution of Higher Learning. Other affiliated colleges under CUNIMA are Kachebere Major Seminary in Mchinji and Inter-Congregation Seminary in Balaka.
Meanwhile, the University has come up with a special designed celebratory cloth, which is being sold at the University campus in Nguludi-Chiradzulu Blantyre and Catholic Secretariat in Lilongwe among other selling points.
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