Space Education and Capacity Building for Sustainable Development in Africa

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Space Education and Capacity Building for
Sustainable Development in Africa

• Professor O. O. Jegede
• Director, African Regional Centre for Space
  Science and Technology Education in English
  (ARCSSTE-E)
• OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY CAMPUS,
• ILE-IFE, NIGERIA.
• First African Leadership Conference on Space
  Science and Technology for Sustainable
  Development, Abuja, Nigeria. November 23-25, 2005.

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ARCSSTE-E(Affiliated to the UN)Website
http//www.oauife.edu.ng/research/arcsstee

• inaugurated Nov. 24, 1998.
• hosted by Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
  Nigeria.
• funded solely by NASRDA.
• travel support provided by UNOOSA.

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• Mission
• to build a high quality capacity and critical
  mass of indigeneous educator in english-speaking
  African countries for application of space
  science and technology for sustainable national,
  regional and continental development
• Goal
• . utilization of the research results for
  peaceful uses of outer space

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Mandates

• - SST Applications
• Remote Sensing/GIS
• Satellite Communications
• Satellite Meteorology
• Basic Space and Atmospheric Science
• - Outreach Activities (incl. public awareness)

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ARCSSTEE proposed for 2006 budget

• Capacity Building (including provision of
  scholarships for the PGD programme)
• NGN 23 m
• Space Education/Outreach Awareness programmes
• NGN 12 m
• (Exchange rate USD 1 NGN 140)

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Space Science and Technology Dev. in Africa

• MITIGATING FACTORS
• Low GDP/huge external debts IMF/World Bank
  loans.
• Lack of basic infrastructures (electricity,
  water, etc.)
• Limited space research/development programmes.
• Brain drain syndrome (scarcity of experts) huge
  costs of training personnel, attractive/better
  opportunities abroad.
• Unstable science education policies
  uncoordinated national/regional scientific
  activities (priorities) and colonial differences.
• Myriads of social problems famine, high-level
  illiteracy, poverty, hunger, war, etc.

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SPACE EDUCATION

• motivation and the relevance
• approach, curricula and techniques the national
  agenda.
• role of science teachers.
• training requirements.
• workshops/seminars (e.g. WORLD SPACE WEEK, etc.)

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OUTREACH World Space Week 2005
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World Space Week 2005
World Space Week exhibitions 10/10/2005
Monday, October 10 2005
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Popularizing SST Water Rocketry
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CAPACITY BUILDING NASRDA/ARCSSTE-E9-month
PGD programme in SST Application Remote
Sensing/GIS Satellite Communications Satellite
Meteorology Basic Space Atmospheric Science
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• APPLICATIONS (January 2006)
• Country No.
• Botswana - 2
• Burundi - 1 SATCOM 11 Applicants
• Cameroon - 6 SATMET 2 Applicants
• Egypt - 3 BSAS 3 Applicants
• Ethiopia - 7 RS/GIS 71 Applicants
• Gambia - 1 Total 87 Applicants
• Kenya - 15
• Liberia - 2
• Malawi - 7
• Namibia - 1
• Nigeria - 16
• Senegal - 1 (Males 81 Applicants)
• Sudan - 9 (Females 6 Applicants)
• Tanzania - 2 Total 87 Applicants
• Togo - 1
• Uganda - 5

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PGD Programme
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Training/workshops

• 2000 RS/GIS(1)
• 2001 RS/GIS(2), SatMet(1)
• 2002 SatCom(1)
• 2003 SatMet(2)
• 2004 RS/GIS(3), SatCom(2), SatMet(3)
• 2005 RS/GIS(4), SatCom(3), BSAS(1)
• 2006 RS/GIS(5)
• Students can continue to do a 1-year own-country
  resident project leading to the award of a
  masters degree

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Pictures
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Space Research Development

• National space agencies Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt,
  South Africa (Feb. 06)
• Knowledge xfer SSTL (Microsatellite projects
  AlgeriaSat-1, NigeriaSat-1)
• Applications tele-medicine, tele-education
• Private sector participation spin-offs
• Regional collaborative efforts (SA-Sunsat project)

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Partnering collaboration

• UN-OOSA, UNESCO, WMO, UNEP, UNDP, FAO, etc.
• NASA, ESA, India, China, etc.
• USAID, SAREC, SIDA, etc.
• Regional Collaborations
• African Institute for Space Science (AISS).

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New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD)

• .. a programme of action for the redevelopment
  of the African continent
• It addresses key social, economic
  (technological) and political priorities in a
  coherent and balanced manner.

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In the future ..

• To promote regional participation of Africans in
  PGD programme in SST through the provision of
  scholarships.
• RS/GIS is the most attractive option.
• Promote regional collaboration and sharing of
  resources/facilities among African countries.
• NEPAD is a relevant instrument for promoting
  space education and capacity building for Africa.

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Thank you.