THE University of Dodoma (UDOM) has registered a record in the country with some 12,000 students joining the institution in this year’s academic intake in comparison to 4,500 students in the previous enrollment.
That came after President John
Magufuli’s call for change of mandate of Tanzania Commission for
Universities (TCU) to allow students to make choices of the universities
they would wish to join.
This was disclosed here yesterday by the
University’s Public Relations Officer, Ms Beatrice Balthazar, noting
that UDOM had received about 43,000 applications from across the country
in this year.
“We’ve enrolled 12,000 students through
direct application system from across the country for 2017/18 academic
year,” she said at an event to welcome fresh students at the campus.
The event coincided with CRDB Bank’s
customer care day that was organised here to provide students with an
opportunity to open a special bank, account dubbed ‘Scholar Account’
which targets students in higher learning institutions.
Ms Balthazar expressed gratitude to CRDB
Bank for bringing its services closer to the students, adding that
previously fresh students had experienced challenges on financial
services after reporting to the institution.
On her side UDOM CRDB Bank Branch
Manager, Ms Chabu Mishwaro, noted that her institution had deployed its
mobile branches to all colleges within the campus to enable fresh
students get access to the financial services.
“We’ve been helping fresh students to open bank accounts through CRDB Scholar Account without any charge,” she further pointed.
Zakayo Deus, one of the fresh students,
said the mobile branches had addressed their financial challenges
including wasting time on seeking financial services which are essential
for them.
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