RETIRED President Benjamin Mkapa (pictured) will on next Tuesday deliver public lecture on the role of universities in attaining the National Development Vision 2025 which will be held at the University of Dodoma (UDOM).
According to a press statement issued
here over the weekend by the UDOM Vice Chancellor Prof Idrisa Kikula,
the public lecture by former head of the state will be centred at how
the higher learning institutions can contribute in the implementation of
the Vision 2025. “We expect a good number of distinguished guests to
attend the event which is also part of UDOM’s 10th anniversary,” read
part of the statement.
As for UDOM’s tenth anniversary, Prof
Kikula, said UDOM has registered major achievement in the past ten
years, saying the university will continue to play a key role in
addressing challenges facing the public.
Prof Kikula also expressed his gratitude
to the government and community members for extending good cooperation
since its inauguration, pointing out that the UDOM’s achievement is
based on good cooperation between the university and members of the
public.
UDOM has registered a record in this
year’s new fresh students’ enrollment exercise following President John
Magufuli’s order to allow students to send their applications directly
to the universities they wish instead of sending application via the
Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU).
Prof Kikula said in 2018/2019 academic year UDOM will have a total number of 25,442 students.
According to Prof Kikula, UDOM received a
total of 60,821 for 2018/2019 academic year while the university’s
enrollment was only 10,000 students,” he said.
UDOM is expected to hold its graduation
ceremony on 22nd, 23rd and 24th of November this year in which over
5,690 students are expected to be conferred with degrees at various
levels of studies.
The three principal objectives of the
Vision 2025 are, achieving quality and good life for all, good
governance and the rule of law and building a strong and resilient
economy that can effectively withstand global competition.
By 2025, the economy of Tanzania is
expected to have been transformed from a low productivity agricultural
economy to a semi-industrialised one led by modernised and highly
productive agricultural activities which are effectively integrated and
buttressed by supportive industrial and service activities in the rural
and urban areas.
It is also expected that a solid foundation for a competitive and dynamic economy with high productivity will have been laid.
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