OVER 7,000 students at tertiary education risk deregistration should they fail to prove that they indeed qualify for the higher education.
The Tanzania Commission for Universities
(TCU) yesterday unveiled a list of students pursuing various programmes
in several higher learning institutions, giving them one week to prove
their academic credentials. The move follows completion of TCU
spearheaded verification of all students studying at higher education
institutions for the year 2016/2017.
The commission, in its statement
yesterday, warned that students failing to prove their credentials
within the prescribed period will not be recognised by TCU, thus lacking
the admission qualities.
TCU noted that the list of students with
questionable basic admission qualifications has been submitted to the
relevant authorities, requesting students whose names appear on the list
to contact their colleges to prove their credentials before February
28, this year.
According to the statement, during the
verification over 7,000 continuing students at 52 higher learning
institutions were found to have been admitted into programmes that they
don’t qualify.
With 1,064 students, St Augustine
University of Tanzania tops the list of institutions with learners of
questionable credentials. St John’s University of Tanzania comes second
with 968, while State University of Zanzibar and Mzumbe University have
966 and 639, listed names, respectively.
Other universities with the number of
names in brackets are University of Iringa (522), SUMAIT University
(552), Institute of Rural Development Planning (431), College of
Business Education - Dodoma (375) and Institute of Finance Management
(305).
Others are Archbishop James University
College (27), Archbishop Mihayo University College of Tabora (33), Ardhi
University (23), College of African Wildlife Management (6), College of
Business Education - Mwanza (101), Community Development Training
Institute (14), Tanzania Centre for Foreign Relations (8), Catholic
University of Health and Allied Sciences (36) and Dar es Salaam
Institute of Technology (61).
TCU also listed the Dar es Salaam Marine
Institute (four), Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre (20),
Eckernforde Tanga University (three), Hubert Kairuki Memorial University
(12), Institute of Accountancy Arusha (56), International Medical and
Technological University (149).
Others are the Institute of Social Work
(116), Institute of Tax Administration (six), Jordan University College
(186), Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (55), Jomo
Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (one) and Moshi
Co-operative University (62).
The list also includes Muhimbili
University of Health and Allied Sciences (96), Muslim University of
Morogoro (162), Mbeya University of Science and Technology (11),
National Institute of Transport (44), Ruaha Catholic University (115)
and St Augustine University of Tanzania -Arusha (one) .
The commission has further identified
Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University (150), St. Francis University
College of Health and Allied Sciences (76), St. Joseph University
College of Management and Commerce (one), Zanzibar Institute of
Financial Administration (20), University of Dar es Salaam (224) and
University of Dodoma (52) among the institutes students of questionable
qualifications
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