ae-funai vc lauds partnership with university of gavle, sweden on mobility programme
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sunday Elom has lauded the partnership between Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State and the University of Gavle, Sweden, on staff and students’ mobility programme.
The Vice-Chancellor gave his commendation recently when 10 academic staff of the University that benefited from the exchange programme paid him a courtesy call in his office. The staff were in Sweden under the framework of Linnaeus+ and Erasmus+ exchange projects from May 14th to June 4th, 2022.


Prof. Elom equally noted that the travel was at no financial cost to the university, and therefore lauded the gains of the mobility programme, especially in the capacity building of the University academic staff, adding that through it, the beneficiaries had been exposed to international best practices in the areas of teaching and learning.

VC, Prof. Sunday Elom (4th R) in a group photograph with some of the academic staff that returned from Sweden recently
While thanking the Vice-Chancellor for his support, the Director of Academic Planning, Prof. Dr. Johnny Ogunji stated that the programme enabled the staff to cross-fertilize ideas with fellow academics in the University of Gavle, Sweden, stressing that they also studied new things and acquired additional knowledge which they intend to replicate in the course of discharging their academic responsibilities as lecturers in AE-FUNAI.

He also used the opportunity to present 28 book titles to the Vice-Chancellor for the University library, which according to him were donated to the contingent by the library authorities of the University of Galve, Sweden.

DAP, Prof. Dr. Johnny Ogunji presenting 28 book titles to the VC, Prof. Sunday Elom, for the University library

The staff who made the journey were; Prof. Dr. Johnny Ogunji, Dr. Christiana Igberi, Dr. Rowland Uwakwe, Dr. Chidiebere Duru ad Dr. Chinwe Ogunji. Others are; Dr. Ikechukwu Ukeje,Mr. Kelechi Meziobi, Mrs. Chidiebere Ojemuyide and Mrs. Enuma Icha-Ituma.
More so, three students of the Faculty of Education of the University - Ovu Samuel Onyedikachi (Educational Foundations), Okonkwo Ada Chidinma Esther (English and Literary Studies Education and Okorie Chinedu John (Science Education) had also traveled to Sweden in February 2022 on a 6-month exchange programme at the University of Gavle.


Some of the staff in a group photograph at the University of Galve, Sweden
We may recall that in 2018 Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State established collaboration with the University of Gavle, Sweden on staff and students’ exchange programme.