Topic: Universities face shortage of lecturers

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HIGHER learning institutions in the country are facing critical shortages of lecturers, undermining the production of competent graduates, it has been revealed.

Various University Dons, who met in Dar es Salaam during the Inauguration of the Committee of Vice Chancellors, Principals and Provosts in Tanzania, said that the situation was even worse in private universities since most of them do not have capacity to hire qualified lecturers.

They noted that the situation was the same in the newly established universities, including public ones.

“We have not established exact figure of required lecturers but the situation is evidently pathetic. We foresee a serious problem in this area ,” said the Executive Secretary of Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU), Prof Mayunga Nkunya.

Prof Nkunya said that a university must, at least, have a permanent lecturer for each of the core course something he said was not the case with most of the private and newly established universities in the country.

The Vice Chancellor for the newly established Dodoma University, Prof Idris Kikula, admitted to have a shortage of about 30 lecturers. He said university was currently working out strategies to acquire lecturers both locally and internationally.

Prof Kikula said currently the university had 95 lecturers which was only 60 percent of total requirement. These, he said, included tutorials assistants, assistant lecturers and senior lecturers.

The Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Prof Peter Msolla, said that the government was currently working out towards finding solution to the problem.

Prof Msolla said that the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) have been empowered to run special project branded “Quick Project” to train Masters and PhD programmes in various disciplines in order to produce lecturers of Higher Learning Institutions.

He said the five-year the World Bank funded project, was expected to start before the end of this year.

Prof Msolla also reiterated the government’s commitment to deal with unaccredited universities offering fake degrees, saying that his office was in the process to prepare a bill that would give TCU legal mandate to verify degrees and PhDs obtained abroad.

The TCU Executive Secretary said most of fake degrees came from United States of America and India universities, calling on parents and student to verify the status of universities they intend to join before enrolling.

By Bubu ataka kusema

Prof Msolla said that the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) have been empowered to run special project branded “Quick Project” to train Masters and PhD programmes in various disciplines in order to produce lecturers of Higher Learning Institutions.

Prof Msolla also reiterated the government’s commitment to deal with unaccredited universities offering fake degrees, saying that his office was in the process to prepare a bill that would give TCU legal mandate to verify degrees and PhDs obtained abroad.

upungufu wa waalimu wasecondary waliweka program ya miezi miwili sijui!!sasa wasije wakaweka program za ajabuajabu kama hizi kwenye elimu ya juu...,it will be a killer..,maana hao ma-lecture waliopop tu vigezo mashakani..,wakiongeza wengine feki wenye quick training...mmmh..,itakuwa balaa sasa..,

tatizo alilisababisha Mkapa kwani wakati wa uongozi wake alisimamisha ile system ya kuchukua best students waliokuwa wanabakizwa vyuoni ili wawe lecturers. Ndo hizi SIASA za tanzania kila mtawala anakuja na policy yake.

Kitu kingine hawa wasomi wa zamani walifanya mazingira ya kusoma PhD vyuo vya bongo iwe kama kosa la jinai kwani watu walikuwa wanasoma zaidi ya miaka saba, na wengi walikata tamaaa ya kujiunga na hivi vyuo

Quote: Bubu ataka kusema

Prof Msolla said that the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) have been empowered to run special project branded “Quick Project” to train Masters and PhD programmes in various disciplines in order to produce lecturers of Higher Learning Institutions.

Prof Msolla also reiterated the government’s commitment to deal with unaccredited universities offering fake degrees, saying that his office was in the process to prepare a bill that would give TCU legal mandate to verify degrees and PhDs obtained abroad.

Nilianza kuogopa tangu awali pale wataalam wetu walipoanza kukimbilia siasa as suluhishoa matatizo yao kiuchumi....

Ili wasipungue zaidi ni kwa hazina au mahakama kuu kuondoa ukubwa wa posho walipwazo wabunge na kuhamishia rasilimali hiyo kwa walimu wetu..... (naongea kama mwendawazimu)

By Bubu ataka kusema

The Vice Chancellor for the newly established Dodoma University, Prof Idris Kikula, admitted to have a shortage of about 30 lecturers. He said university was currently working out strategies to acquire lecturers both locally and internationally.
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Haya ndo mambo yale yale ya kujenga madarasa bila walimu. Hii inaonyesha kuwa wazo la kuanzisha hii Univ. lilikuwa la kisiasa tu bila kuwepo mikakati madhubuti. Fikiria hao lecturers 30 wakikosa itakuwaje? ndo hayo hayo mambo ya UPE

By semanao

Haya ndo mambo yale yale ya kujenga madarasa bila walimu. Hii inaonyesha kuwa wazo la kuanzisha hii Univ. lilikuwa la kisiasa tu bila kuwepo mikakati madhubuti. Fikiria hao lecturers 30 wakikosa itakuwaje? ndo hayo hayo mambo ya UPE

hujakosea mkuu..,wazo zuri ila

mipango "F" as usual..sijawahi ona chuo kinajengwa bila walimu!!duh!!hii kali..,mbaya zaidi utasikia lecture mmoja anafundisha vyuo vi-4!!yangu macho!!

wasione aibu kuwarudisha wale wasomi waliokimbia mishahara mibovu..,hivi jamani wanashindwa kuwalipa modest+better working conditions??kama wanahitaji 30 inamaanisha they will have less than 150 lectures..,cant they manage these ones..,na gharama zoote ambazo wazazi wanatwishwa hivi sasa??

sijawahi kusikia nchi inayotrain lecture kwenye quickproject isipokuwa TZ!!duh!!

By semanao

Haya ndo mambo yale yale ya kujenga madarasa bila walimu. Hii inaonyesha kuwa wazo la kuanzisha hii Univ. lilikuwa la kisiasa tu bila kuwepo mikakati madhubuti. Fikiria hao lecturers 30 wakikosa itakuwaje? ndo hayo hayo mambo ya UPE

sikatai kuwepo kwa chuo kipya...,BUT i think kama kujiandaa kwetu kulikuwa KUBOVU namna hiyo si wangeanza na kuimarisha vyuo vilivyopo ili viweze toa doctorals wa uhakika ambao wangeweza ku-serve hiyo cause ya chuo kipya??

au walikuwa wanaona raha kujenga tu mijengo na ku-assign ma vyeo mapya as usual??

also..,kwa nini hawa jamaa wanajiita ma doctor pale BUNGENI wasiachie ngazi na kwenda wanakohitajika???maana kama kweli nia yao ni kuserve wananchi they can do it better in lecture-rooms..,

nadhani bunge likikung'utwa vizuri hatuwakosi 30!!wajazie hizo nafasi...(au posho ya u-MP tamu sana??)

Wangefanya study ndogo tu kugundua kwanini lecturers akina Limbu, Ngasongwa wamekimbilia siasa. Ngasongwa mwenyewe alishawahi kusema kuwa siasa ndo kazi anayoweza kusema imemlipa maishani mwake. Tungekuwa na short term plans kabla ya kuanzisha vyuo vikuu vipya, kwani kusubiri si kuchelewa.

Vyuo vinalalamika nini,kuna dogo kapata first class-Bcom pale Mzumbe lkn chuo wamesema hawana mpango wakuwabakiza hapo kwa ajili ya masters,labda wajilipie

Kabla ya kulaumu serikali, wa kulaumiwa zaidi ni uongozi wa vyuo. Mimi nadhani niliondoka UDSM kutokana na mwenendo wa uongozi wa chuo zaidi ya mwenendo wa serikali.

Ni tabia ya waswahili ya aliyeko juu hamjui wa chini. Uongozi wa juu hulipwa vizuri sana na malupulupi mengi tu; wao wakisharidhika huwa hawana taimu na maswala ya waalimu wengine. Msaliti mkubwa wa vyuo vile ni sisi wanataaluma wenyewe tunaobahatika kupewa dhamana ya kuwaongoza wenzetu.

Miaka ya themanini kulikuwa na utaratibu wa kubakiza best finalists wa kila idara na kuwa-train kuwa wahadhiri wa siku za mbele. Utaratibu ule ulikuwa unatoa matunda sana, baada ya kuona vijana wanaongezeka na kupanda positions harakaharaka, wazee wakaamua kuwapiga stop. Ni rahisi kusema kuwa serikali ndiyo ilikataa lakini ukweli ni kuwa ilipata ushauri kutoka kwa uongozi wa chuo, na kama uongozi wa chuo angegomea uamuzi huo, usingetekelezwa.

tatizo wengi wanakimbilia kwenye siasa mfano Ngasongwa,Msola,AshaRose Migiro,Mwandosya,Mwakyembe,Lim bu na wengine wengi

inahitajika mikakati ya makusudi kwa serikali kusomesha vijana masters hata nje ya nchi kama vyuo vinavyotoa masters na doctorates hapa nchini havitoshi ili tuache siasa za kushabikia no of enrollment kuwa kubwa among East African countries huku vijana wakiwa hawana wahadhiri bora.

mzigo wa kusomesha hawa vijana usiachiwe vyuo tu husika bali serikali kupitia loarn board.

hili tatizo liko karibia kila chuo hasa hasa branches mpya.

1. Mimi nadhani kigezo cha kuwa Prof. kisiangalie tu number of publications..pia idadi ya wanafunzi waliopata PhD kwa kila Prof..(mentorship) hii ingehamashisha uongozi wa vyuo kupata waalimu wengi ktk level ya PhD.

2. Budget za vyuo zitenge pesa kufanikisha (1) above. Hatuwezi kutegemea msaada wa WB kusomesha waalimu.. What is Tanzanian govenment financial commentment? Huwezi kuwa baba na kutarajia watoto wako wasomeshwe tu kwa msaada!

3. Baada ya kusomeshwa kuwe na contract ya 5-7 years with incentives kufanya kazi Tanzania to address tatizo la brain drain.