TEHRAN -- Iran’s cultural attaché to Senegal and the director of the press ‎center of the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar has discussed methods of cooperation ‎between the two countries in book translation and publication. ‎
Alireza Vazin attended the press center of the Cheikh Anta Diop University where he met the new director of the publishing center Papa Moussa Samba.
Vazin introduced the capabilities of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization for joint production of articles and books.
Semba welcomed the proposal. He said the Cheikh Anta Diop University was established in 1991 to promote research and publication of scientific and educational works.
The university is named after the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh Anta Diop and has an enrollment of over 60,000.
The education system follows the French pattern, with oral and/or written final exams administered at the end of the year. All courses at the university are taught in French, except those in language departments other than French.