Tokyo's Future University President Visits USP

Tokyo’s Future University President, Professor Takashi Sakamoto paid a courtesy visit to the University of the South Pacific.

Welcoming him were the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Rajesh Chandra and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Dr Esther Williams.

Professor Sakamoto graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1955 and received his M.A. in 1957 and Doctor of Literature in 1967 from the University of Tokyo. After his retirement as a professor of Educational Systems Technology in the Graduate School at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, he became Vice President of the National Center for University Entrance Examinations from 1992 to 1996. After then in 1979 and 1980, he was a Visiting Professor in the North East London Polytechnic and the University of Surrey. He has taught educational psychology, psychology of learning, and educational technology at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and several other universities including the University of Tokyo, University of Kyoto, Osaka University, Nagoya University, Kyushu University, Hokkaido University, Ochanomizu University, and Okayama University. He became the Director General of the National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME) from 1996-2004. He belongs to several academic societies as ex Presidents and vice -Presidents. He was a member of Science Council of Japan. He is also a professor emeritus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, a professor emeritus of the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, and a professor emeritus of the National Institute of Multimedia Education.

The Future University provides programmes that includes Distance Education course, a division for Nursery and Kindergarten Teacher’s Education and a division for Child Psychology. Professor Sakamoto was optimistic about learning the activities and accomplishments achieved through distance education at USP and planned to visit a nursery and kindergarten for conducting the development psychology experiments in Fiji with two assistant professors; Assistant Professor Etsuko Togo and Dr and Assistant Professor Yukiko Iso.

His schedule also involved visitations to, the Faculty of Arts and Law Acting Dean, Dr Akanisi Kedrayate, the Acting Director for Graduate School of Business, Professor R.D. Pathak and the USP Educare Centre.

Source: USP media