Economic Counselor at the Indonesian embassy in Windhoek Toary Worang said in a press release received by ANTARA on Friday that Hery a senior teacher in animal anatomy, microbiology and psychology is expected to share his skills at the prestigious university in Namibia.
Toary said the presence of Dr. Wijayanto is an inseparable part of the implementation of an MoU signed by UGM and UNAM in 2009.
"Since then, the two universities had been intensively working together in agriculture," he said.
Toary said further that Prof. Irvin Mpofu, head of animal science of the Agriculture Faculty of UNAM hoped Dr. Wijayanto would help the establishment of the relatively young Veterinarian Faculty of UNAM and teach pre-veterinary medicine in the 2012 academic year.
"Cooperation in veterinarian surgeons is a strategic field in Namibia, as this country is still lacking in skilled veterinarian surgeons," he said.
Veterinarian surgeons are very much needed and significant in the development of the animal farming industry as one of the economic backbones of Namibia, which has a population of only about two million, and a territory wider than Kalimantan island.
Ambassador Agustinus Sumartono expressed appreciation to Dr Hery for meeting UNAM`s request, and hoped the cooperation would promote the educational cooperation between RI and Namibia.(*)
Editor: Ruslan Burhani
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