Center for Continued Education (CCE)
Center for Continuing Education in Abidjan
The Center for Continuing Education (CCE) is working in line with IUGB’s vision of being an internationally-accredited regional center of excellence in higher education. It has five divisions to cater to the growing and varying needs of its trainees and provide them with valued development opportunities.
- Division 1: Leadership, Professional and Management Development: Our clientele are professionals, business leaders and managers in the private and public sectors as well as young degree holders. Our customized offerings enable professionals to advance in their career paths by acquiring relevant knowledge in management and leadership domains.
- Division 2: Faculty, Staff and Instructor Development and Teacher Training: The target audience is university faculty and staff, and high school teachers nationwide. Our workshops, seminars, short courses and hands-on in-service trainings allow new and working professionals, avenues for professional development. It also revisits current teaching approaches and techniques to design pre-service and in-service training courses for high school English teachers.
- Division 3: Workplace skill-based training and certification: Workers are provided with training in the main Computer Science domains of the workplace using applications in collaboration with the IUGB Microsoft Academy. IUGB is an approved Microsoft Certification training center. The Center for Continuing Education offers Microsoft Key courses in collaboration with the IUGB Microsoft Academy.
- Division 4: Language Acquisition: Our clients are given the opportunity to enhance their linguistic performance in English and in French, regardless of their age and level of study. The division includes:
- English for Academic Purposes, which prepares students who need to pursue their studies. The program gives the opportunity to its participants to be familiar with English academic settings and subjects.
- Intensive English Program, which focuses on reading, listening, speaking, writing, vocabulary and grammar.
- English Reinforcement: Classes are provided to students who need remedial courses to strengthen their academic English skills.
- English for Specific Purposes includes but is not limited to: English for Law; English for Medicine; English for Business and Communication.
- Conversational and Business French: a customized program, which aims to provide learners with the essential and specific linguistic skills that they need to accomplish their daily tasks in a French-speaking environment.
Division 5: Test Center and Test Preparation: IUGB is an Educational Testing Service (ETS) test center. The CCE offers improved and more efficient preparation programs emphasizing test taking techniques and strategies that test-takers need to guarantee a high score on the following tests: IBT TOEFL®; GRE®; SAT®; CLEP®; IELTS®; TFI™; TOEIC®; GMAT®.
IUGB-WAEMU Language Center Project
IUGB has been entrusted by WAEMU to set up and manage a modern Language Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, for training in English and Portuguese. This project has been extended to the training of WAEMU staff in the Regional WAEMU representation Offices.