| Deputy Health minister urges AKU to help local students | Send to a friend |
| Saturday, 11 February 2012 10:40 |
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The Citizen Reporter Dar es Salaam. The deputy minister for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Lucy Nkya, has asked the Aga Khan Foundation in Tanzania to support Tanzanian students with loans to go for higher learning in a bid to bridge professional cadre gap in the country. The deputy minister was speaking during the seventh Aga Khan University (AKU) graduation event during which 24 graduates were awarded wasters’ degrees in education and eight were awarded diplomas in general nursing. Dr Nkya asked the AKU graduates to adhere to ethics of their profession by avoiding strikes and bribes to maintain the good name of AKU.She said the institution was among the most respected universities in Africa that provide education courses at international standards and its graduates must adhere to professional ethics to serve the community. “I am asking you (graduates) to avoid involvement in corruption. You need to understand that your main duty is to serve the public and contribute to nation building,” she said. According to Dr Nkya, graduates should give the public the first priority instead of advancing personal interests. AKU president Firoz Rasul, said East Africa was going through tremendous changes to bring about regional thinking and integration. He said the world was waiting to see the potential in East Africa as most of member countries concentrate on examining the possibility of new constitutions, establishments of enterprises and an increase in investors. “To realize these potentials, we have to overcome major challenges facing the region such as improved availability of water and food, impact of climate change, volatility at some borders and rising corruption as some of issues that need to be solved,” said the AKU president. He added that AKU was looking forward to help EAC countries to create leadership, institutions and an understanding of opportunities within the region.He cited Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and Princeton universities that they have played significant roles in the evolution of modern nation states in Europe and North America by building capacity of leadership in both political and social-economic issues. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites           |
