Dar
es Salaam, TANZANIA
The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) this week
announced deregistration of nine universities for failing to take corrective
measures aimed at improving the standard of education in their campuses.
"The deregistered
universities have failed to take remedial measures given to them in 2018 to
improve the standards of education they offered," said Charles Kihampa,
TCU Executive Secretary.
He added: "Even if
they were given more time they could not have taken the remedial steps."
The decision to
deregister the universities was taken in a meeting attended by owners of the
universities held on January 20, Kihampa told a news conference in the
commercial capital Dar es Salaam.
The deregistered
universities included the Josiah Kibira University College, Mount Meru University, International
Medical and Technological University and Bagamoyo University College.
In September 2018, TCU
announced deregistration of two private universities for providing substandard
academic services.
Equally, TCU barred a
number of private universities from admitting new students after they had
failed to meet required academic standards.
TCU said students who
were pursuing courses in the two deregistered universities should be shifted to
other colleges before the commencement of the 2019/20 academic year.
In quest for quality education, the Tanzania Universities Commission revoked the admission of 8,000 students it had earlier admitted to various universities, citing “lack of academic qualifications” in the year 2017.
The Commission released a list of continuing students from 10 universities out of 52 who it said did not meet the admission criteria.
The affected universities were: St Augustine University of Tanzania (1,046 students), St John’s University of Tanzania (968), State University of Zanzibar (966), and Mzumbe University (639).
Others were Abdulrahaman Al-Sumail Memorial University in Zanzibar (552), University of Iringa (522), Institute of Rural Development Planning (431), College of Business Education of Dodoma Campus (375), Institute of Finance Management (305) and the University of Dar es Salaam (224).
In quest for quality education, the Tanzania Universities Commission revoked the admission of 8,000 students it had earlier admitted to various universities, citing “lack of academic qualifications” in the year 2017.
The Commission released a list of continuing students from 10 universities out of 52 who it said did not meet the admission criteria.
The affected universities were: St Augustine University of Tanzania (1,046 students), St John’s University of Tanzania (968), State University of Zanzibar (966), and Mzumbe University (639).
Others were Abdulrahaman Al-Sumail Memorial University in Zanzibar (552), University of Iringa (522), Institute of Rural Development Planning (431), College of Business Education of Dodoma Campus (375), Institute of Finance Management (305) and the University of Dar es Salaam (224).
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