CONFIDENT ABOUT UB’S POTENTIAL TO KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

Giving a vote of thanks, Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Professor Happy Siphambe, enumerated a number stakeholder engagements the University of Botswana was involved in to help in community development.

Professor Siphambe said through the Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Law offered free legal services to members of society who could not afford legal fees. Besides the legal clinic, UB also has a psychology clinic, which offers individuals psychosocial support and other services, observed Professor Siphambe.

Meanwhile, during the tour of the visit the MPs were taken to the Faculty of Medicine where they were shown a number of laboratories. They were also briefed on the training of medical students and shown the equipment they use for practical lessons. Dean of the Faculty, Professor Oathokwa Nkomazana said students also gained experience through attachment in various clinics and hospitals.

The MPs were further taken on a tour of Block 247 housing the Family and Consumer Science Workshop and were informed that the facility had the potential to add value to the country’s economy especially in the textile sector.

Another potential money- spinner for the knowledge economy was the Media Studies studio where the MPs were shown state of the art facilities comprising a television studio, online radio station as well as training and production equipment.

At the Faculty of Engineering and Technology the MPs were introduced to the ingenuity and high quality products that students create using various technologies to impact society.