THE AFRICAN REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN ENGLISH'S POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME: STATUS AND FUTURE DIRECTION

摘要

Subsequent to the United Nations General assembly endorsement for the establishment of five centre's for space science and technology education at the regional level in developing countries, the African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E) was established at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria on 24 November 1998. This is with a main goal to developing indigenous skills, knowledge and capacity through rigorous theory, research, applications, field exercises and pilot projects, that can enhance socio-economic development in the core areas of Remote sensing and GIS, Satellite communication, Satellite meteorology and Global climate and Basic and Atmospheric sciences applications. Since her inception therefore, the centre has organized series of training and provided support for quite a number of students from various Anglophone countries. This paper therefore, presents the status and the future direction of the Postgraduate Diploma programme at ARCSSTE-E, in achieving its mandate as recommended at the second United Nation conference on the exploration and peaceful uses of the Outer space in 1982.