Land is indispensable for human existence and is the backbone of any human activity. Because land is invaluable to humanity, it is a highly emotive subject and without good Land Management practices, serious conflicts occurred in the past and are still occurring worldwide. Land problems become even more challenging when there are no, few or inadequate professionals to take up the challenges Land Management presents. In the history of the world, conflict over land caused untold suffering, some of which were of genocidal proportions.
Following the foregoing brief citations, when South Sudan achieved its independence in 2011, it was immediately confronted with the challenge of land conflicts and it had to set up some Land Management structures in place. However, these efforts were thwarted due to serious inadequacies in Land Governance professionals, requisite equipment, funding and legislations. To mitigate these challenges, the University of Juba established the Department of Land Management in the newly established School of Land Management, Urban and Regional Planning and Architecture to train professionals on various aspects of Land Management.
Rationale
After the end of South Sudan’s liberation war in 2005 and the inception of the country’s independence in 2011, although the country’s population is small relative to its territorial size, poor Land Governance practices resulted in numerous land-related conflicts in both urban and rural areas. Some of these conflicts were violent and resulted in numerous human suffering, displacement, and fatalities. With the potential of South Sudan’s population growth, and demand for land for various purposes, the potential for land conflict in the future is even gloomier and rife with direr land conflicts. This strongly justifies the establishment of the Department of Land Management in the School of Land Management, Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Juba as an urgent and imperative initiative. It is envisaged that the Department of Land Management will be proactive and central in researching various land issues, contributing feasible recommendations for resolving ongoing and potential land conflict challenges.
In light of the preceding, this curriculum has been drawn given the contemporary and future land problems, to train personnel who will, after graduation, work towards better Land Governance for current and future generations.
Objectives
The Bachelor’s Degree
with Honors in Land Management has been established to achieve the following
objectives:
1. Produce professionals in Land
Management who will proactively work towards mitigation of existing and
potential Land Governance problems in both urban and rural areas of South
Sudan.
2. Work with concerned Land Governance
stakeholders on Land Policy and Legislations on various aspects of Land
Governance, especially access to land, land tenure rights, Land Conflicts
resolution, Land Administration, land use and land development.
3. Produce professionals to educate / sensitize
the public on the importance of land and its various attributes, land use, land
development and environment management with aim to promote sustainable land use
management.
PROGRAMS
- BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN LAND MANAGEMENT
