Glossary
Taught hour: time spent with an instructor
A taught hour is an hour led by an instructor: class, workshop, marking session, live meeting. The catalogue guarantees 10 per credit and displays them on every programme page. Live sessions, workshops, marking and reviews all count towards that total.
What a taught hour covers
A taught hour is an hour where an instructor drives the work: live session, guided workshop, annotated marking, production review, rehearsal defence. The catalogue guarantees 10 per credit, that is 1800 hours on the densest programme. The published total across all programmes reaches 24150 hours.
- 10 taught hours guaranteed per credit
- Live sessions, workshops, annotated marking and reviews all count as teaching
- 24150 taught hours published across the whole catalogue
The forms teaching takes
On the Business Law and OHADA Compliance programme, taught hours are split between case sessions, marking of legal writing and file reviews. The figure shown on the page is the one the institute commits to; it also appears on the record issued at the end of the programme.
The live session
An instructor leads the group at a time set in the calendar, with open questions and a recording available afterwards.
The guided workshop
You produce during the session; the instructor circulates, corrects live and unblocks the hard points on the spot.
Annotated marking
Every submission comes back annotated, with the expected reasoning and the criterion behind the mark.
The production review
A dedicated slot where your work is examined in front of the group: this is where skills consolidate fastest.
Taught volume, programme by programme
2 catalogue programmes put “Taught hour” to work: 300 credits and 3000 taught hours in total. The official rule holds throughout — one credit stands for 25 hours of work, 10 of them taught. Every line below is recomputed from the programme page: level, duration, credits, taught volume and fees in Guinean francs appear exactly as filed in the official catalogue.
| Programme | Level | Duration | Volume | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Law and OHADA Compliance | Bachelor's degree | 3 years | 180 credits · 1800 taught hours | 5 200 000 GNF per year |
| Networks and Cloud | Bachelor's degree | 2 years | 120 credits · 1200 taught hours | 5 600 000 GNF per year |
The details that matter
Do taught hours happen at fixed times?
Live sessions appear in the cohort calendar and are recorded. Workshops and marking sessions run on slots announced in advance.
What do the remaining hours cover?
Independent study: reading, exercises, project work. Out of 25 hours per credit, 15 belong to that time you organise yourself.
Do taught hours appear on my record?
Yes, broken down by course unit. It is the figure an employer or a recognition office looks at first.
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