UKZN’s Dr Diane van Staden at the MMUST Optometry Faculty with the class of 2017.UKZN Academic External Examiner at Kenyan University
UKZN’s Optometry Academic Leader, Dr Diane van Staden, was the external examiner for the Bachelor of Optometry Class of 2017 at the Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) in Kenya.
MMUST started the first Bachelor of Optometry programme in Kenya in 2010.
UKZN and MMUST have had discussions on the development of an institutional partnership which will see capacity development activities, faculty exchanges and research as the main focus areas, with the overall objective being the development of African optometry.
MMUST currently has six of its academic staff completing doctorates at UKZN in the fields of Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Computer Science.
Words: Nombuso Dlamini