The Aga Khan University, which spans three countries in East Africa alone, also has plans to invest over US$ 1.1 billion in the region over the next 15 years – the largest investment in higher education in the history of the region.
In a speech marking the graduation of 49 students from the School of Nursing and Midwifery and 8 students from the Institute for Educational Development on Thursday, His Highness the Aga Khan spoke of the “multiplier effect” that the graduating students would have in building civil society.
“The most important point is the multiplier effect that you can have,” he remarked, “as you pass along your skills and your standards. I think, for example, of programmes which have trained almost 1,000 head-teachers of secondary schools – just in the last year – a striking example of this powerful multiplier potential.”
via NTV Uganda.
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