Dar es Salaam.The Aga Khan University (AKU) held its eighth graduation ceremony at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday.A total of 54 students graduated, with 20 students receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and 34 students a Master of Education degree.
Minister for Health and Social Welfare Dr Hussein Mwinyi, who was the guest of honour at the ceremony commended the university for improving healthcare in the country and for the role it had played in career development in the region. He noted that the university was in the frontline of capacity building in healthcare through its nursing and doctors’ training programme.
“The Institute of Educational Development has played an important role in upgrading the quality of education through its teacher training programmes,” he said.
AKU is building a new campus for the Institute of Educational Development in Dar es Salaam. There are plans to establish another campus in Arusha that will house Arts and Science programmes.
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