It has been almost seven years since the first batch of Chinese police family members arrived in Cape Town, and it has been six years since Roque began to provide large-scale education to the second generation of Chinese Americans in Oak Town.
In six years, the teenagers at that time had grown into young adults, and almost all the children at that time were studying at the University of Nyasaland. In August this year, the first batch of graduates of the University of Nyasaland were about to walk out of the school. Rock persisted for so long.
The investment of time in education has finally come to fruition.
"A piece of bad news. The Education Committee did not accept the acceptance of our Nyasaland University, so it did not recognize the graduation certificate of our Nyasaland University." It was not until the end of July that Douglas came to see Rock.
The "education committee" Douglas mentioned refers to the British Education Committee.
Unlike southern Africa, there are now many various committees in the UK to manage industries. For example, in the education industry, there is the Education Committee, in the agriculture industry, there is the Agricultural Committee, and in the industry, there is the Industrial Committee. These committees have great power.
In its own industry, its influence is no less than that of the British government.
It was the same in southern Africa before. Various committees were responsible for managing all aspects of society. Douglas was once the chairman of the Johannesburg Education Committee.
The Education Committee does not recognize the diploma of Nyasaland University, which means that students who graduated from Nyasaland University cannot obtain corresponding positions in the UK or throughout the Commonwealth. This is very important to Nyasaland University.
It still has an impact, but not a big one. After all, graduates of Nyasaland University will most likely choose to stay and work in Southern Africa in the future. Therefore, whether the British Education Commission recognizes the graduation certificate of Nyasaland University will not make any difference.
It has a great impact on the employment of students at Nyasaland University, but it has a serious impact on the reputation of Nyasaland University.
There used to be a University of Good Hope in Cape Town. This University of Good Hope was actually a short-term training course. It was far different from Nyasaland University in every aspect. It didn’t even have a fixed campus.
But even the diploma from the University of Good Hope can be recognized by the British Education Council, so now the British Education Council has no reason not to recognize the diploma from Nyasaland University.
"Why is there no acceptance? Are we responsible?" Roque always needs to understand the situation first before he can think of a solution.
"We don't have any responsibility here. Last year, we applied for the Education Committee's acceptance and also conducted public relations for the Education Committee. However, the Education Committee has delayed again and again. Until now, it has not officially started the review of Nyasaland University.
Yesterday, the Education Committee finally gave us a reply. The reason is that the subject setting of Nyasaland University is not standardized enough and there are multi-lingual teaching practices. The Education Committee will not start the review of Nyasaland University until these problems are resolved.
"Douglas was very angry. He probably spent a lot of money on public relations, but now it seems that all the money was spent on dogs.
Regarding the subject setting, Nyasaland University is indeed different from British universities. At least Nyasaland University does not have a permanent theology course in British universities.
At the same time, because the professors at Nyasaland University come from various European countries, there must be some who are not good at English, and there is indeed multilingual teaching behavior during the teaching process.
In fact, these problems are not serious, but I don’t know why, the British Education Council used this as a reason to reject the application of Nyasaland University, and did not even start the review of Nyasaland University. This is very abnormal. "So, we have no responsibility at all." Rock trusts Douglas, but does not believe that Nyasaland University has no responsibility at all.
"No, absolutely not!" Douglas denied decisively, but then he was a little embarrassed: "Some time ago, there were more people working at Nyasaland University——"
This is a euphemism. To put it bluntly, Nyasaland University has been poaching a bit hard during this period. As a result, it has aroused public indignation in the British academic circles. That is why the British Education Commission does not recognize Nyasaland University graduates.
Certificate.
Speaking of which, the system of Nyasaland University is still very attractive to those university lecturers who are frustrated in the UK. Many lecturers may not even be able to become associate professors after working hard all their lives.
At least I started as an associate professor. After all, Southern Africa is also a member of the Commonwealth, so there are more British lecturers willing to work at Nyasaland University than German lecturers.
At least there is no psychological barrier at all.
"What did Minister Smith say?" Roque is not shirking responsibility. Yang Smith is now the federal minister of education, and Yang Smith has unshirkable responsibility for this issue.
"Haha, Minister Smuts hopes that the University of Nyasaland can be relocated to Bloemfontein -" Douglas simply sneered at Yang Smuts. This is also easy to understand, from Bloemfontein's point of view,
In fact, Rock can understand Yang Smuts' behavior, but Rock cannot accept it. Nyasaland University is Rock's hard work. Rock has invested millions of pounds. Now, Yang Smuts said a word
, just hope that the University of Nyasaland will be relocated to Bloemfontein. I guess Yang Smuts really thinks of himself as a green onion. When he made this request, didn't he consider Roque's reaction?
"Forget it, the value of the Nyasaland University diploma is not decided by the Education Committee. At least in the past ten years, Nyasaland University graduates have not needed to go to the UK to find jobs. They don't recognize it.
Just don't admit it -" Roque will not compromise. If the old pedants at the British Education Council think that they can force Nyasaland University to admit defeat, then they don't understand Roque too well.
On August 15th, the first batch of graduates from Nyasaland University successfully graduated. Roque was invited to attend the graduation ceremony of Nyasaland University and personally award graduation certificates to outstanding graduates.
In fact, there were a lot of people invited to the ceremony. Not only Roark, but Yang Smuts, as the Minister of Education, also received an invitation to the graduation ceremony. However, Minister Yang Smuts has been in a lot of trouble recently, so he is not in the mood.
Come to attend the graduation ceremony of Nyasaland University.
The day after Douglas complained to Roque, newspapers and magazines in Southern Africa began to criticize the British Education Commission in a series of articles. Even the federal government's Ministry of Education was dragged out for its inaction. As a result, many of the unfair actions of the Ministry of Education were revealed.
Being exposed to the public, Yang Smozi's life was a bit difficult during this period.
It is true that the Ministry of Education has gone too far. As the education department of the federal government, the Ministry of Education should treat all states of the federal government equally. It should not only help Nyasaland, Transvaal and other regions with relatively developed education, but also support education.
In backward places such as Natal and Swaziland, the Ministry of Education does not seem to pay attention to other regions except Orange. More than 40% of the entire Ministry of Education's funds are used in Orange. Don't forget
The federal government of Southern Africa has nine states, so other states will definitely be very dissatisfied.
As a result, newspapers and magazines in Southern Africa had just started to build momentum, and many people in the education sector took the initiative to come forward to accept interviews with the media, accusing the federal government of unfair treatment by the Ministry of Education.
On the surface, it is indeed too unfair. For example, Bechuanaland State, since the establishment of the federal government, has only received a measly six thousand pounds in funding, which is not enough to pay the salaries of Bechuanaland State education department staff. This is simply
Blatant discrimination against Bechuanaland.
In fact, it’s no wonder that the Ministry of Education would not even be given the six thousand pounds if Roque was the Minister of Education.
According to the latest statistics from the federal government, the total number of federal citizens in Bechuanaland is only over 900, not even 1,000, and the number of educated people is only over 600. The Ministry of Education has provided 6,000
On average, each person has about ten pounds, which is not bad for the current federal government. After all, the federal government is not rich either.
The latest statistics here only count white people in Bechuanaland. The local Africans in Bechuanaland are not eligible to be counted.
Then, the financial statements of Bechuanaland State are very good-looking. Bechuanaland State, with just over 900 people, has a gross national product of 1.5 million pounds, which averages nearly one pound per person.
Sixteen hundred pounds, the first of the nine federal states in southern Africa.
No wonder the Ministry of Education doesn’t give money. The economy is so developed and residents’ incomes are so high. It’s already pretty good to be able to give them six thousand pounds.
However, newspapers and magazines in Southern Africa will definitely not mention these things in their reports. The focus of all reports is on the inaction of the Ministry of Education. The University of Nyasaland is the only university in Southern Africa, but the Ministry of Education actually did nothing to the British.
The Board of Education ignored the matter of not recognizing the diploma of Nyasaland University. This was simply a waste of time. Voices calling for Yang Smozi's resignation were heard one after another.
This last point is really not what Roque ordered. As for why some people ask Yang Shimozi to resign, it is also easy to understand. Yang Shimozi is only a minister, and there are many monks and few in southern Africa. Yang Shimozi said to the Ministry of Justice,
While the Ministry of National Defense is full of envy and jealousy, there are also many people who are jealous of Yang Smozi's position.
Although Yang Smuts did not come to attend the graduation ceremony of Nyasaland University, the federal government also attached great importance to this matter. Adelaide was busy with official duties and was unable to attend the ceremony in person. Sidney Milner, the first secretary of the federal government, represented Adelaide.
Attend graduation ceremony.
The reason why Sidney Milner came here in person was because he had an important mission, hoping to hire a group of Nyasaland University graduates to work for the federal government.
Of course Rock likes to see this kind of good thing.