Strategic Issues and Goals

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Strategic issue

Strategic goal (targets and milestones)

Strategies

1

Improving infrastructure

Expansion and improvement of infrastructure

·      New lecture theatres

·      New Seminar rooms

·      New offices

·      Creating temporary teaching space

·      Renovating existing structures

2

 Increasing enrolment

1,500 students by 2020

·      New degree programmes (3),

·      increase enrolment

3

Income enhancement

·   Double income by 2020

·   Increase economic efficiency by 50%

·      Get 60% of students fees

·      Collect Service charges

·      Establish a business park

·      Joint venture (PPP)

·      Fund raising

·      Collecting institutional research fee

·      Seeking grants

·      Sensitise University Management to establish guidelines for allocating resources

·      Seeking loans

·      Seeking government funding

·      Being cost effective

4

Linkages strategic partnership and outreach

Increase and maintain linkages and partnerships

·      Strengthen existing ones

·      Establish new linkages

5

Improving quality

ISO 9000 certification by 2020 

·      Comply with ISO standards

·      Performance contract developed/established

·      Establishing M&E unit

·      Establish School  quality assurance committee

·      Develop quality assurance protocols

·      Develop service charter

6

Communication and marketing (publicity)

Increase visibility and publicity by 2020

·      Establishing communication and marketing unit

·      Establishing the School website

·      Conducting promotional events

·      Produce promotional materials

·      Radio programs

·      Program for converting teaching pamphlets into text books for students

·      Annual intellectual forum at the School 

·      COEBS online journal (indexed)

·      Program to assist COEBS staff to attend professional workshops and conferences at national and regional level

·      Revive AGREST

·      Promote TAGRESA

·      Start COEBS football team that participate in appropriate national league.

·      Donations/Corporate Social  responsibility

·      Promoting COEBS to secondary schools

·      Improve internal communication at all levels

7

Agricultural policy analysis

Produce at least 3 policy briefs per annum

·      Mobilize research funds

·      Establish policy analysis unit

·      Build capacity in policy analysis 

·      Strengthen dissemination mechanisms

8

Strengthening of human resources (academic and administrative staff)

To increase Human resource to comply with TCU student-instructor ratio

Improve quality of staff

·      Recruit part time lecturers

·      Hiring staff using internally generated income

·      Use of exchange program with various institutions

·      Improve incentive package using internally generated funds

·      Training of staff using internally generated income or scholarships 

·      Implement succession plan

·      Make use of diaspora

·      Retooling