JetBlue Will Pay for Your College

by Susan Dutca

JetBlue is helping higher education dreams take flight by offering to pay their student-employees' entire tuition bill. College tuition reimbursement is a recent trend by employer-sponsored programs, but this company is allowing their employees to soar through college by paying it all up front.
Some other employer-sponsored college degree programs - like the Starbucks College Achievement Plan - offer to reimburse students once they've earned their degree, help cover a portion of courses costs, or other discounts. The JetBlue Scholars program is offering to pay for employees' associate's degrees. Students wishing to earn a bachelor's degree and who have earned at least 15 college credits will have to pay $3,500 for capstone courses on their own or through scholarships. JetBlue is partnering with Thomas Edison State University - an online, public university in New Jersey to offer the aforementioned degrees. Since its debut in August, 400 JetBlue employees have applied for the program and each student receives in-person coaching and mentorship from one of six JetBlue’s success coaches. Roughly 1,000 of its 18,000 employees are anticipated to participate in the program annually.
Students are able to use their job skills, knowledge, and experience and apply them as learning credits. Though it may not feel like the typical college experience, it is particularly convenient for adults, employees, and nontraditional students. To help those who have been out of school for a while, the coaches "apply to Thomas Edison Sate on behalf of the students" and monitor their credit transfers, provide the different degree options, and create a course schedule for the students. The online program runs through three platforms, including StraighterLine, Sophia Learning, and Study.com.
Is it too good to be true? One professor thinks this initiative is just a way to make the headlines and isn't so much about what's in the student's best interest but rather, it "is being set up on terms favorable for the company." Nonetheless, it's likely that more companies will follow in Starbucks' and JetBlue's footsteps. Other large corporations such as Pizza Hut, Anthem Insurance, and Fiat Chrysler have also jumped on this initiative.
You can pay for any college costs with scholarships. Whether you owe $3,500 or $35,000 there are easy to large dollar scholarships to help reduce your overall cost of attending college. Take JetBlue's advice (and ours) and help foot the rest of your bill with scholarships.
And remember, there’s no need to rely on expensive student loan options to pay for your college education. For more information on finding free scholarship money for college, conduct a Scholarships.com free college scholarship search today, then apply and win! It’s that easy!

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African American Scholarships

African American scholarships are abundant, as are African American grants. A college education isn't confined to a textbook or how much extra credit you can receive for completing side projects or doing research for a professor. A post-secondary education allows students to step outside their comfort zone and to develop new relationships. Much can be learned from someone who is not of your background and culture. This experience can be as valuable as the academic knowledge, career preparation, and training you had in mind when you enrolled. This is one of the reasons why colleges offer financial aid packages designed to fill campuses with students of different cultures, economic backgrounds and life experiences. Like other minority groups, African American students can benefit from this search for diversity. Many scholarships are available for minority students, and there are particular ones for African American students seeking a postsecondary degree.

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Scholarships for African Students

Start Here to Find Scholarships for African Students
A number of scholarships for African students are awarded annually by federal governments, organizations and universities in different parts of the world. Generally, Scholarship award programs are available in large variety for international students, but some of these international scholarships are not open for African students. In such cases while searching for scholarship, applicants may have to comb through several scholarship pages online to find ones that accepts students from Africa. Interestingly, there are a good number of scholarship-awarding programmes for African students available every year and a lot other newly introduced programmes.
Prospective students looking for sources of financial award to further their education need to devote time and effort with the available resources online to find and apply for scholarships. But this does not go without saying that you need to fulfill certain requirements to be eligible. You can find a number of scholarships for African students on scholarship websites that provide free resources on national and international scholarships for African students. With the use of search engines like Google and Yahoo, you can tactically find scholarships that suite your preference.
Some scholarships are made available for all African countries (including other international students in some cases), while a lot other are available for specific countries in developing countries (Africa included). Here are some of the major scholarship programmes that accept Africans yearly which you can take advantage of.
Australian Development Scholarship
The Australia Development Scholarship Awards for Africa is an initiative of the Australian Government aimed to maximize the benefit of the Australian Government’s extensive scholarship programs, and to support enduring ties between Australia and neighboring African Countries. Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) are available for full-time Postgraduate Diploma or Master Degree studies at Australian universities.
Ford Foundation International Fellows Program
The International Fellowships Program (IFP) is a program supported by the Ford Foundation, and coordinated in West Africa by the AAU (Association of African Universities) in collaboration with Pathfinder international in Nigeria. IFP provides fellowships for advanced study to exceptional individuals who will use their education to further development in their own countries and greater social and economic justice worldwide. IFP fellowships are awarded to applicants that lack systematic access to higher education. Some past fellows have returned to their previous work in government, universities, and with NGOs, while others are now working in rural communities.
Fulbright Scholarship
The Fulbright scholarship programme is offered through Educational exchanges that strengthen understanding and communication between the United States and students from over 140 countries, including selected African countries. Students interested in applying can do so through the Fulbright Program Office in their home country.
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship
The Rotary club offers scholarship to international students each year through the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial scholarship. African students who are members of the Rotary club foundation are eligible to apply through their local Rotary Club.
OPEC Fund for Scholarship Award
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) offers Scholarship Award to support postgraduate students from developing countries in pursuit of higher education. OFID aims to help highly motivated, highly driven individuals overcome the cost of advanced professional or graduate training.
And the list goes on, but let’s leave it at these for example purpose.
These are few of the many scholarship programmes for Africa students. There are likewise a large number of not-so popular scholarships for African Students to take advantage of. What you need is diligent research on the internet with the right online resources to find these programmes.
Applying for scholarship
To maximize the possibility of winning scholarships, students should start looking for suitable scholarships early (at least one year before you intend to apply for admission). Most students make the common mistake to start searching for scholarships after they have gained an admission for their undergraduate or postgraduate studies. Starting early will help you to carefully select through scholarships you will be eligible to apply for, and use it to prioritize your choice of country, university or course of study. You’ll also be informed of the possible application period each year (for annual programmes) and then carefully prepare your application. To increase your chances of winning a scholarship, you should follow through the process religiously. Feedbacks from scholarship awarding committee shows that up to 90% of students that apply for scholarship do not follow through the rules and guidelines. This is an advantage for students that put more time and effort into their scholarship application.
Where to find Scholarship for African Students
To get started, you need a place to start from. The list of scholarship programmes above is a good place to start. Start by searching on Google or any other search engine. Use phrases like Scholarship in Australia for International students, Scholarship for developing countries 2012, MBA scholarship for international students 2012 etc. Be sure to use different combination of phrases until you get better search results.
Also get a free copy of The Scholarship Master-Plan, a free guide written and compiled for African students looking for scholarships. The guide provides you with tips on how to find and apply for scholarships, with list of scholarships for African students.
Finally, there is the possibility of scholarship programmes out there that are suitable for your preference as an African Student. You just have to devote time to it. Using the tips and resources mentioned above, you can get started from this point to find the scholarship that is right for you.

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State promises to support girls to become scientists

THE government has vowed to continue encouraging school girls to pursue science subjects and eventually specialise in information and communication technology (ICT).

Girls in ICT program

Measures currently being undertaken include introduction of competitions involving Form Three students from all over the country. The annual science competition under the Universal Communication Service Access Fund (UCSAF) has for the first time been implemented this year.
It involved a total of 240 secondary girls selected from various schools in the country. It is part of celebrations to mark the International ICT day organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and celebrated every fourth Thursday of April.
Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Communication and Works, Dr Maria Sasabo said that it is the government’s aim to ensure the country has more women scientists. She said some students misconstrue science subjects as difficult and complicated but they are just like any others.
She was speaking in the city on Wednesday during a ceremony to award certificates to 30 girls who emerged winners of the competition. UCSAF will also provide all the girls with text books for their Form IV studies next year.
Dr Sasabo noted that Tanzania is among the countries with a small number of science students. She said in last year’s Form Four final examinations, only 25 percent of students scored between grade I and III.
“We are committed to support girl students to undertake science subjects. We need as many women scientists to fill the existing shortage in future,” she said.
Earlier, UCSAF chief executive officer, Eng Peter Ulanga said the competition is strictly for government owned schools in both Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar.

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TCU bans New Intake at SJUIT

Minister for Education and Vocational Training Joyce Ndalichako.

St  Joseph University of Tanzania (SJUIT) will run next academic year due to start in October without new students, succumbing to pressure by the nation’s high academic overseer organization, Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) that barred the new entry pending settlements of academic discrepancies.

 

The academic hitches defying TCU standards that led to the latest intake freeze in a row of other sanctioned harassments involving closure of the Catholic Church-run Songea and Arusha campuses, included an allegedly poor quality education.

 

The decision by TCU at the SJUIT Luguruni campus in Dar es Salaam comes barely a month after it revoked the registration of the subsidiary campus in Songea and Arusha for failure to meet the quality assurance standards.

 

The Luguruni campus was then spared, pending the release of evaluation report from TCU before the commencement of the second semester this week.

 

However, it was all not that bad news for the struggling university as TCU released the evaluation report this week, saying it would not revoke approval of the remaining Luguruni and Boko campuses in Dar es Salaam.

 

“TCU has made its evaluation and found out that the existing challenges at the  Luguruni campus can be solved at the university’s administrative levels under our supervision” the TCU Executive Secretary Professor Yunus Mgaya  told the Guardian on Sunday on Friday.

 

 “We allow commencement of their daily academic activities on a condition that they do not enroll new students for this academic year until the outlined challenges are settled,” he said.

 

The Commission, among others, has ordered the university authority to equip the institution with an adequate number of qualified lecturers including Ph.D. holders and professors, to increase the number of workshops, laboratories and other facilities. 

 

Earlier, students at the university staged a strike in a protest against high tuition fees and low quality education, but the Minister for Education and Vocational Training Joyce Ndalichako ordered them to go back to classes, amid pledges she would work with the university authorities to address their claims.

 

However, Professor Mgaya confirmed to this paper that TCU is currently scrutinizing the International Medical and Technological University (IMTU) on its way to Kampala International University (KIU), the two institutions notoriously chronic in violation of the commission’s values centred on the provision of quality education.

 

 “This is the nationwide exercise to awaken universities into proper implementation of their duties and challenging them into delivering quality university education,” he said. 

 

He said a team of experts from the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, a professor from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and TCU started evaluation processes at IMTU earlier this week.

 

He said the report on IMTU may be released to public if so deemed necessary, noting the commission  was especially keen in inspecting a number of universities whose records call for consistent scrutiny.

 

 “We cannot do it all alone because it is an exercise that needs a lot of human resources, that’s why we have to involve professors and officials from relevant ministries in this,” said Prof. Mgaya.

 

In February TCU  revoked accreditation of St Joseph University College of Agricultural Science (SJUCAST) and St Joseph University College of Information (SJUCIT) based in Ruvuma region and Saint Joseph Arusha Campus barely five years since its establishment, citing gross underperformance.

 

Following the revocation, more than 3,603 students of the three constituent colleges were transferred by TCU to other higher learning institutions with immediate effect.

 

According to section 5(1) of the Universities Act, Cap.346 of the Laws of Tanzania, the Commission is mandated among other things, to oversee and regulate quality as well as the general management and performance of universities.

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

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Tanzania: Special Leadership Meeting Opens

Several business experts and spiritual leaders are in Dar es Salaam for three-day financial summit expected to be officially opened today.

The forum organised by Kingdom Leadership Network Tanzania (KNLT) in partnership with Bill Winston Ministries International and the Committee of Union of Churches is being held at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC) in Dar Es Salaam.

The Summit themed "Unlocking Kingdom Finances" targets leaders, policy makers, public and private sector leaders in the areas of business, government, politics, religion, according to a statement issued by organisers.

"The summit presents a unique and timely opportunity for the leaders of different sectors to gain insights and discuss issues that confront financial and economic progress.

"Tanzanian businesses and the nation at large, with a view to arriving at actionable resolutions in accordance with the purpose and plan of God for Tanzania. "The summit will culminate in the launch and inauguration of Tanzania's 1st ever National prayer breakfast on the 3rd of March (Thursday) at the Hyatt Regency hotel."

"Tanzania is entering a new season of leadership and economic vibrancy and Kingdom Leadership Network Tanzania is driven by the hunger to see visionary leadership permeating at all levels of business and governance with principles of Kingdom finances shared and unlocked for Tanzanians."

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Government allocates 1.65bn/- to teachers' colleges countrywide

Wife of the immediate former President, Salma Kikwete

 The government has allocated 1.65bn/- to Block Teaching Practice in the country’s teachers’ training colleges this year, according to Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa.

 

He made the remarks at the weekend in Mtwara Municipality when speaking to teachers and civil servants working in the education sector from all districts in Mtwara Region.  The function was held at the Mtwara Teachers’ Teaching College premises.

 

“The government recognises the importance of teaching practice in teachers’ colleges, that’s why this February it has availed 1.65bn/- for all 35 public institutions across the country to enable student teachers and tutors to effectively take part in the Block Teaching Practice,” the Premier said amid applause.

 

Majaliwa said the amount was to be used for paying subsistence allowances, fares and buying learning and teaching tools and equipment.

 

Earlier, when addressing a public rally at Mashujaa grounds, the Premier said the fifth-phase government was determined to improve education in the country, warning all people who were trying to tamper with girls’ education.

 

“Our interest is to see Tanzanian girls get access to quality education from the lower level to higher levels so that they can become active players in the country’s socio-economic growth. We, therefore, appeal to everyone to be a guard of the girl child,” he said, citing sentiments made by the wife of the immediate former President, Salma Kikwete, who regularly says ‘Mtoto wa Mwenzio ni wako’, meaning your colleague’s child is yours.”

 

He warned people who were behind ruining girls’ education dreams to get prepared as prison was beckoning them.

 

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

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SEMINAR ON HIV/AIDS AWARENESS TO NACTE EMPLOYEES

Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) conducted a seminar for NACTE employees on HIV/AIDS, The main issues of the seminar included, awareness, prevention, voluntary testing and the importance of understanding one’s health status. The seminar also emphasized on importance of checking health status for HIV&AIDS and other non-communicable diseases like Cancer, diabetes etc... Further, the employees were advised to monitor their body weight regularly and lead healthy life, such as eating healthy diet/meals while avoiding unhealthy life styles.

This initiative has been brought about, as a response towards implementing the revised National HIV&AIDS Management at Workplace Circular No. 2 of 2006, which instructs Employers in Public Service to provide council service and advice, avoidance of stigma and discrimination to civil servants living with HIV and AIDS.

The Circular requires all Employers to adhere to the guideline, and maintain welfare of the employees through provision of regular updates regarding health issues, use of protective measures and provide direct support to employees who disclose their health status.

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Tanzania: Rains Demolish Rukwa School

Sumbawanga — ALL classrooms at Mpona Primary School in Kipeta Ward along the shore of Lake Rukwa Basin, in Rukwa region, have been reduced to debris following the heavy rains that were accompanied by strong, fast winds.

Similarly, the school's latrines have completely been damaged leaving 720 pupils without decent places to relieve themselves. Impeccable reports from the area had it that following the demolition of the public institution several makeshift huts have been built.

But their roofs are prone to leaking during the rainy season. The Sumbawanga District Council 's chairman, Mr Kalolo Ntila, told the 'Daily News' over the phone today that the situation is pathetic for the pupils as they are forced to attend classes in the makeshift huts.

"All classrooms catering for nearly 720 pupils from Class One to Seven, staff room and other buildings have totally been reduced to debris " said Mr Kalolo. He added that school latrines and a house which was accommodating the school teachers has been damaged as well as school property.

Mr Kalolo further said that already 48,000 construction bricks have been made by wananchi in efforts to rebuild the public school.

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TCU decries failure

Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU), the national high education overseer has decried its own failure to meet the five-year plan for the nation’s 51 high academic institutions to produce a minimum of 80,000 skilled  graduants to address the demand for skilled personnel.  
But despite the good number of high academic institutions in Tanzania, the current pattern of the programmes they offer is visibly skewed towards general education as opposed to more specialized disciplines, TCU says.
The five-year plan marking its deadline this year required universities to enroll and train into competence some 80,000 nationals in various disciplines, but there were only 218,959 students of all levels and disciplines in all universities and colleges in the country by last year, while only only 65,000 students have been enrolled this year.
“This calls for enormous additional investments in the higher education sub-sector,” said TCU Executive Secretary Prof Yunus Mgaya in Dar es Salaam yesterday while lauding the Aga Khan University (AKU) for its significant commitment to an ambitious expansion plan in Tanzania and East Africa to recruit future intellectuals.
“We need to have a strong skilled human resource base as projected in the Tanzania first Five Year Development Plan (2011/12 – 2015/16), that among others, focuses on employment of more than 90,000 qualified teachers by the year 2025,” he said during the 11th convocation ceremony of the University.
AKU has awarded degrees to 84 graduands from the Institute for Educational Development, the School of Nursing and Midwifery and the Postgraduate Medical Education programme this year, including 61 with M.Sc in Education, 22 post-RN B.Sc in Nursing and one with Master of Family Medicines, marking the alumni of 552 in the university Tanzania’s chapter.

In spite of the success story, AKU is working out plans to establish principal East African campus in Arusha, a campus for the Institute for Educational Development in Dar es Salaam, a new Aga Khan University Hospital in Kampala and to launch new medical and nursing education programmes in line with expansion of the existing programmes.

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Haddington student to teach first aid in Tanzania

 

A UNIVERSITY student will for six weeks swap home comforts for teaching first aid to people living in the towns and villages around Africa’s highest mountain.

Abbie Scott heads out to Tanzania and Mount Kilimanjaro at the start of August as part of a project with First Aid Africa.

The third year adult nursing student at Edinburgh Napier University will be away from home for more than a month.

She said: “It will definitely be a challenge but it will be really good.

“It is something really good to do before I settle down and get a job.”

The 21-year-old will need to raise about £1,500 for the expedition.

To help raise funds, she will host a brunch at Haddington Day Centre, where her mum, Caroline, is the manager, on Saturday.

Hot filled rolls, homemade soup and homemade baking will be for sale on the day between 10am and 1pm, with the chance of winning a homemade cake.

All proceeds from the event will then go towards the trip.

She said: “There was a guy from First Aid Africa who had previously graduated from Napier and did the same course as me.

“He wanted to get Edinburgh Napier students involved with First Aid Africa.

“I went along to a talk at university in September or October and it went from there and I signed up to it.”

Abbie, of Seggarsdean Court, will undergo four training sessions later this year in order to prepare her for the 7,000-mile trip.

She said: “You don’t need to be studying nursing but we will be providing first aid skills to rural communities who have limited access to healthcare and providing them with the skills.”

The charity works to provide, and encourage access to, sustainable first aid equipment and education across sub-Saharan Africa.

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Courses concentrate on providing sustainable training, which does not rely on imported equipment or Western handouts.

A collection will also be held in Haddington’s Tesco store over the weekend of February 20-21 and a special keep fit session will take place in March to help boost funds.

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NECTA: Standard Four Examination Results 2015

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No Shortcuts To Read Quickly And Understand

There are no magic shortcuts when it comes to reading more quickly while still fully understanding what we've read, says an interesting study.

The claims put forth by many speed-reading programs and tools are probably too good to be true, the study said.

Learning to speed-read seems like an obvious strategy for making quick work of all the emails, reports, and other pieces of text we encounter every day.

Some speed-reading technologies claim to offer an additional boost by eliminating the need to make eye movements by presenting words rapidly in the center of a computer screen or mobile device, with each new word replacing the previous word, the researchers said.

"We wanted to take a close look at the science behind reading to help people make informed decisions about whether to believe the claims put forth by companies promoting speed reading technologies and training courses," said Elizabeth Schotter, a psychological scientist at the University of California - San Diego in US.

However, skilled readers read quickly, averaging 200 to 400 words per minute, the findings showed.

The biggest obstacle, science shows, isn't our vision but rather our ability to recognize words and process how they combine to make meaningful sentences, the researchers explained.

While some technologies may claim prodigious speed-reading skills. Data suggest that the most effective "speed readers" are actually effective skimmers who already have considerable familiarity with the topic at hand and are thus able to pick out key points quickly, they added.

The study was published in the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest.

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Education minister seeks explanation for examination grading system shift

The Minister for Education, Science and Technology and Vocational Training, Prof Joyce Ndalichako

 The  Minister for Education, Science and Technology and Vocational Training, Prof Joyce Ndalichako, yesterday gave the National Examination Council of Tanzania (NECTA) seven days to furnish her with scientific explanation behind the shift of grading system from division to Grade Point Average (GPA).

 

The minister issued the directive  in Dar es Salaam during her meeting with National Examination Council  (NEC) of Tanzania executives following ‘cheap’ answers regarding the reason for changing examination grade from divisions to grade point average for secondary schools.

 

Prof Ndalichako had observed that since her appointment and subsequently taking oath of office in December 28 last year, she had endless received queries from parents and education experts on the system used to grade students’ examination results.

 

She maintained that she had to seek for scientific reasons especially on the effects of using the previous system and as well the benefits for adopting the GPA system which has been disputed by education experts.

 

Dr Charles Msonde, NECTA Executive Secretary defended that the new changes, saying was a result of policy demands with the adaptation of e-Government that requested all computerised system in all government departments to be changed.

 

“We reviewed the system to match with that of the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU). All our graduates were also requested to submit their certificates … the system would enable TCU and Nacte easily to scrutinise applicants,” he said. Adding; “using division for instance A had 1 point in secondary while at university and college meant 5 points …we needed similarity and the system had not changed anything in terms of academic performance.”

 

The executive secretary went on to defend that the new system, adding it was very clear than the former system which had seriously confused teachers.

 

Dr Msonde told the Education, Science Technology and Vocational Training Minister who was also flanked by her Deputy Permanent Secretary Prof Simon Msanjila that the new system to be equivalent with that of high learning institutions.

 

The explanation by the NECTA executive secretary was ‘very cheap’ to the minister who sought explanation from her deputy Permanent Secretary Prof Msanjila. The deputy Permanent Secretary told the minister the system used by TCU to admit high learning students did not require GPA but student’s performance in subject relating to a specific course being applied for.

 

“If a student wants to pursue education course, then you will look at his performance in Biology for example B, C, or 0 … during this selection process we don’t consider GPA,” the Deputy Permanent Secretary said.

Prof Ndalichako insisted however Tanzanians wants to know what transpired for the council to change the system.

 

The minister further requested technical and scientific explanation as to  

why the council continues to assess  exams for repeaters.

 

 She was concerned why there was no other alternative methods to examine their capacity rather than doing two things at once. “All private candidates they only show up during final exams, is there no other way that the council can examine them instead of waiting during the final exam?” she quarreled.

 

She reminded that while she was the executive secretary she was also required to introduce the same thing but since it was not professional she rejected the idea.

 

The minister warned however failure to the council to institute scientific explanation all private candidates will now be sitting for a single exam.

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Magufuli mourns Inspector Ryoba

In a statement issued by the Directorate of Presidential Communications, President Magufuli, asked the IGP to accept his sincere condolences saying that collectively they had lost a hardworking and competent person.

“I have received the news of the death of your aide and his family. It is a very painful incident. I am aware of the pain that you are going through from the loss of a hard working person,” read part of the statement. In the incident, eight people died.

Six of them were family members of the late Ryoba, who were in the motor vehicle. Two more bodies were recovered after the water level subdued. The passengers who perished in the car were Ryoba and his wife, Fidea Kondo and two children namely Gabriel and Godwin. Others were the driver of the ill-fated vehicle, Corporal Ramadhani and a housemaid identified by one name of Sara.

The family was travelling from Geita to Dar es Salaam on the fateful day. Apart from the six passengers in the vehicle; two more were also recovered from the stream during the rescue operation Dodoma Regional Police Commissioner (RPC), David Misime, said the late Inspector Ryoba was the bridge between low rank officers and the police leadership.

According to the Police force, Inspector Ryoba joined Moshi Police Academy in 2004. After graduating he was posted to Dar es Salaam. Later he joined University of Dar es Salaam and graduated with Bachelor degree of Education.

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Muhas graduates its largest batch of health experts yet

Chancellor of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) who is the former president, Dr Ali Hassan Mwinyi honours one of over 850 graduants at the 9th MUHAS graduation ceremony at the weekend in Dar.

 At least 878 health experts have graduated from the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) a crucial addition to the under staffed sector.

 

Speaking during the ninth MUHAS graduation held in Dar es Salaam on Saturday, MUHAS Vice Chancellor Ephata Kaaya said this year’s number of grandaunts is bigger than that of previous years reflecting the varsities commitment to address the shortage of workers in the sector.

 

Urging the granduants to adhere to the ethical rules of their practice, he said the country requires competent health professionals who work under rules and regulations prioritising public safety.

 

He went on to thank the government for allowing them to employ at least 968 workers for a new MUHAS teaching hospital at Mlonganzila campus located in Coast Region but appealed to the government to issue the official authorisation (permit) to enable them to start employing the needed staff.

 

“The centre is in its final stages of completion and by June next year it will be ready to start working,” he said.

 

“However the training hospital will not work without workers that’s why we are begging for the government to issue the authorisation to start employing,” he added.

 

MUHAS Council Chairman Deogratius Ntukamazina said the varsity is implementing various strategies that will enable it to continue enrolling as many students as it can.

 

He said in completion of Mloganzila Campus the varsity will be able to increase enrollment to over 15,000 students from 3500.

 

“Health challenges will be solved by efficient, committed and qualified health workers and so MUHAS has improved its curricular to cope with the changes and needs,” he said. 

 

Mid this year, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office for Regional Administration and Local Government, Hawa Ghasia told parliament that the government will continue to enroll students into health institutions to bridge the sector gap.

 

“Among priorities of the ministry is to have enough workers in all dispensaries and health centres...I am sure we will succeed on this,” she said. 

 

The minister  said the ministry plans to improve the sector by cooperating with private health centres which are currently providing services in many urban areas to operate in rural areas. 

 

“We are also planning to insist on training of employees at their working places,” she added citing also emphasis on reallocation of workers to meet the needs of the people and issuance of new permits for the opening of more health centres.

 

She also said that the government in cooperation with various NGOs is working to create a better environment for health workers especially in rural areas to motivate their performance.

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