Tanzania's govt-funded university with no students for 13 years
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- 27 Jan 2023
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Tanzania’s Mwalimu Nyerere University of Agriculture and Technology in Butiama District, Mara Region has been receiving millions of shillings in government funds for over a decade yet it has not enrolled any student since it was established.
Though it requires a budget of more than Tsh1 billion ($428,000) per year, it barely receives a fraction of that amount, and it has never trained a single student.
According to information acquired at the university during a weekend visit by Parliament’s Social Services and Community Development Committee, the institution requires more than Tsh1 billion per year to operate properly. However, it currently gets Tsh400 million ($171,000) per year.
Employees
The university employs 80 people, including more than 60 academic staff, over 40 of whom are currently studying at different levels including PhD.
What is most intriguing is that the university has been without students for 13 years, despite the presence of a chancellor and lecturers.
Members of the parliamentary committee were surprised, with some expressing anger over the state of the institution.
“The chancellor of the college and your staff, you have been tortured for a very long time by being placed in Butiama for all those years without students. This is a great torture,” said Ms Husna Sekiboko (CCM Special Seats). Read More…
