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University Of Cape Verde
The University of Cape Verde ( pt, Universidade de Cabo Verde, abbreviated "Uni-CVV") is the only public university of Cape Verde. The main campus is in Palmarejo, Praia, but there are also institutes in Mindelo, Assomada and São Jorge dos Órgãos. It has over 5000 students. A new campus for Uni-CV is under construction in Palmarejo, financed by the Chinese government. It should be completed by July 2020. It will have capacity for 4,890 students and 476 professors, with a library, dorms, cafeterias and sports facilities. It will have 61 class rooms, five auditoriums with a capacity of 150 seats, eight computer rooms, eight reading rooms and 34 laboratories. History The University of Cape Verde was created by decree-law 53/2006 of 20 November 2006 by merging of three colleges: * ISE (''Instituto Superior de Educação'', High Institute of Education) in Palmarejo, Praia, created under the decree-law 54/95 of October 2, 1995 * ISECMAR (''Instituto Superior de Engenharias e Ciênci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public University
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape. Africa Egypt In Egypt, Al-Azhar University was founded in 970 AD as a madrasa; it formally became a public university in 1961 and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the world. In the 20th century, Egypt opened many other public universities with government-subsidized tuition fees, including Cairo University in 1908, Alexandria University in 1912, Assiut University in 1928, Ain Shams University in 1957, Helwan University in 1959, Beni-Suef University in 1963, Zagazig University in 1974, Benha University in 1976, and Suez Canal University in 1989. Kenya In Kenya, the Ministry of Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mário Lúcio (singer)
''For the Brazilian footballer, see Mário Lúcio da Silva Junior'' Mário Lúcio or Izé (born October 21, 1964) is a Capeverdean singer, composer, writer, politician and a painter. From 2011 to 2016, he was the Capeverdean Minister of Culture. Biography Childhood and teenage years He was born Lúcio Matias de Sousa Mendes in the town of Tarrafal in the island of Santiago's north in the final decade of Portuguese rule, he is a descendant of Jorge and Garda Brito. Mário Lúcio lost his father when he was 12. At age 15, he and his seven siblings lost his mother. He lived in the barrack buildings of the Cape Verdean forces in his hometown under the care of the military. In 1984, he received a scholarship by the Cuban government in Havana where he studied and graduated six years later. He returned to his country where he practiced law. Between 1996 and 2001, he was member of the Cape Verdean parliament. Musical career He later founded the band Simentera. His ideas received a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universities In Cape Verde
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Cape Verde
The University of Cape Verde ( pt, Universidade de Cabo Verde, abbreviated "Uni-CVV") is the only public university of Cape Verde. The main campus is in Palmarejo, Praia, but there are also institutes in Mindelo, Assomada and São Jorge dos Órgãos. It has over 5000 students. A new campus for Uni-CV is under construction in Palmarejo, financed by the Chinese government. It should be completed by July 2020. It will have capacity for 4,890 students and 476 professors, with a library, dorms, cafeterias and sports facilities. It will have 61 class rooms, five auditoriums with a capacity of 150 seats, eight computer rooms, eight reading rooms and 34 laboratories. History The University of Cape Verde was created by decree-law 53/2006 of 20 November 2006 by merging of three colleges: * ISE (''Instituto Superior de Educação'', High Institute of Education) in Palmarejo, Praia, created under the decree-law 54/95 of October 2, 1995 * ISECMAR (''Instituto Superior de Engenharias e Ciênci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Mindelo
University of Mindelo ( pt, Universidade do Mindelo) is an institute of higher education in the city of Mindelo, island of São Vicente, Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym .... It was established in 2002, and officially started operations on June 9, 2003 as the ''Instituto de Estudos Superiores Isidoro da Graça''. It was converted into the University of Mindelo in 2010. University of Mindelo References Mindelo[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Santiago, Cape Verde
The Universidade de Santiago (abbreviation: US) is a private Cape Verdean university. The main campus is in Assomada (subdivision Bolanha), located in the middle of the Island of Santiago. There are two satellite campuses, one in Praia (subdivision Prainha) and another one in Tarrafal. It is one of the eight existing universities in Cape Verde; it was established on November 24, 2008. Since its opening in 2008, it has been run by the current rector Gabriel António Monteiro Fernandes, who holds a Ph.D. in Sociology. As of August 2018, the university of Santiago offers nineteen (17) undergraduate degrees, and seven (7) graduate (master's degrees) degrees. In addition, it offers vocational degrees, such as multimedia development, electromechanics studies and solar power system, and rural tourism and ecology. Campuses Assomada: in the first two years after its establishment in 2008, the university was located at Rua 5 de Julho in Assomada. In 2010 it moved to the present campus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Piaget University Of Cape Verde
The Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde ( pt, Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde) is a private university in Cape Verde. The university is named after the famous Swiss child psychologist and philosopher Jean Piaget. The university was established on 7 May 2001, and now has about 2,000 students and 380 academic staff. The main campus is in the capital city Praia ( Palmarejo subdivision) on the island of Santiago, with a smaller second location in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente, opened in 2005. Jean Piaget University offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as continuing education courses. Notable alumni José Ulisses Correia e Silva, now prime minister lectured at the university. Former teachers included Janira Hopffer Almada who later became a politician from 2014 to 2016. Faculties *Science and Technology *Health Science and Environment *Political Science *Economy and Commerce Praia Campus *Architecture *Biology *Civil Construction Engineering *Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Baptista Soares
Maria Baptista Soares (born November 15, 1928) is a Cape Verdean sociologist and a political activist. She took part mainly for her work on different communities of peripherical and polemic theme especially on subaltern and neocolonialism. An urban sociologist, she wrote on social relations in the fringes of globalization with the same rigor which it defends the creation of a territorial identity and partly on the fortification of horizontalities. Founded in April 2008 in São Paulo, Brazil, the Centro Popular Latinoamericano de Estudos Territoriais (CEPLAET, the Latin American Territorial Studies People's Center), following the Portuguese counterpart but without the theoretical and methodological assumptions on the discussions related to Latin American society. Works *''Fragmentos'' 'Fragments''- Sociedade Marginal. University of Cape Verde, Praia, 1995. *''América Latina e o território virtual'' 'Latin America and its Virtual Territory'' ISCTE, Lisboa, 1998. *''Metamorfóse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Veiga (writer)
Manuel Veiga (born 27 March 1948) is a Cape Verdean writer, a linguist with references in the national and international level and a politician. He was minister of culture of his country from 2004 to 2011. As a specialist he did the largest studies and works of appreciation of the Cape Verdean Creole, an Upper Guinean form of Portuguese Creole. He was born in Santa Catarina on the island of Santiago. Life and career His first primary school studies was in the municipal seat of his birthplace, Assomada from 1957 to 1961. He frequently attended the Catholic seminary of S. José (St. Joseph) in the city of Praia, capital of Cape Verde (then provincial) between 1962 and 1974. He studied at Instituto Superior de Estudos Teológicos (Higher Institute of Theological Studies) in Coimbra, Portugal between 1971 and 1974. He had received a degree in general linguistics and applied to the University of Aix-en-Provence in southern France between 1975 and 1978, he returned again same uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Lopes Filho
João Lopes Filho (born c. 1943) is a Cape Verdean anthropologist, historian, university professor, novelist and an investigator. A specialist in the largest studies and works of appreciation of the Cape Verdean Creole, a Central-Western Atlantic African Creole, he was born in Santa Catarina in Santiago. He is the main investigator in anthropology and ethnology in the country, he was one of the most awarded professors in the country, he had written about thirty works. He is a teacher at the University of Cape Verde (Uni-CV), he heads the João Lopes Foundation on Arts and Literature and the Capeverdean Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Life and career He was born to João Lopes in the village of Fajã de Cima (also as Fajã de São Nicolau) on the island of São Nicolau which today forms a part of the municipality of Ribeira Brava. The last name Lopes Filho is considered a single surname meaning "son of a Lopes family member". His father was a journalist who was involv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvino Lopes Évora
Silvino Lopes Évora is a Cape Verdean writer, poet, journalist and a university professor. Biography He was born in the village of Chão Bom nearly south of Tarrafal, he later attended primary school and a preparatory cycle. He achieved secondary education at Liceu de Santa Catarina in Assomada. Later, he went to the city of Praia after he finished his twelfth year of school. He finished with student licenses. Silvino Lopes Évora returned to Tarrafal, where he taught the Portuguese language at Escola Secundária do Tarrafal (Tarrafal Secondary School) for two straight years. He took the "long way" which marked the Cape Verdean existence, bathed at the spirit of the sea in Tarrafal and moved on to the diaspora, first Coimbra, then Lisbon, Braga, Lisbon again and Santiago de Compostela. Academic career *1999–2004: Degree in journalism, Faculty of Letters, University of Coimbra *2003–04: Post-graduation in legal journalism, Faculty of Law, Portuguese Catholic University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Mello
Georgina Maria Augusta Benrós de Mello (born December 1, 1953) is a Cape Verdean economist and former director-general of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries from 2014 to 2020. Biography Education Georgina Benrós de Mello was born in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde, São Vicente in Cape Verde. After her education in Paul, Cape Verde, Paul in the island of Santo Antão, she studied economics at the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão in Lisbon. After she received her license, she attended at CENFA in Cape Verde, FUNDAP in Brazil and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania. Later, she graduated in tourist and development studies at the University of Cape Verde with a work entitled "Virtual Museums of the Countryside of Cape Verde: For an Alternative Touristic Model" ("Museu virtual de paisagens de Cabo Verde – Por um modelo alternativo de turismo") Career After finishing her studies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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