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Published On: Mon, Jan 23rd, 2012
Tanzania | Published On: Mon, Jan 23rd, 2012
Education and Vocational Training minister Shukuru Kawambwa
Thirty-seven Tanzanians pursuing doctoral studies in Germany under government scholarship are stranded and living in desperate conditions as the state has delayed to dispatch their quarterly living allowances.
The students are assistant lecturers from various public Universities under Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) and German Education Exchange Programme (DAAD) scholarship.
A leader of the students, Charles Lyimo, told the ‘Daily News' via email last week that they have not been paid their allowances from January to March this year. "Most of us have started to experience problems with our landlords and other services such as transport, internet, water, electricity as they are contract-based and have already been disconnected," he explained.
Lyimo explained that, under the scholarship arrangement, TCU is expected to pay 80 per cent of the money after every three months and, DAAD, 20 per cent every month. He noted that they have tried to communicate with Dar es Salaam since December in vain.
"We are now going to the end of January and don't know our fate, it would be better for the government to tell us what is going on or give us return fare so that we can go back home," he said. TCU's Senior Public Relations Officer, Edward Mkaku, confirmed to the ‘Daily News' that they had not received funds from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training to send to Germany.
He said TCU had made many enquiries regarding the said allowances but had not received formal communication yet. Both Minister and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training could not be reached for comment but Deputy Minister Philip Mulugo said he did not have any information about the problem.
A senior official with the ministry, who preferred anonymity, as he was not the spokesperson, said they were processing the payment. "We are aware of the matter and as we speak we are processing their payment, within a few days they will get their money," he said, but declined to comment on the reasons for delay.
The students are from University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Mzumbe University, Open University of Tanzania, State University of Zanzibar, Ardhi University (AU), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) and University of Dodoma (UDOM).
By FARAJA MGWABATI, Tanzania Daily News
Tanzania | Published On: Mon, Jan 23rd, 2012
Education and Vocational Training minister Shukuru Kawambwa
Thirty-seven Tanzanians pursuing doctoral studies in Germany under government scholarship are stranded and living in desperate conditions as the state has delayed to dispatch their quarterly living allowances.
The students are assistant lecturers from various public Universities under Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) and German Education Exchange Programme (DAAD) scholarship.
A leader of the students, Charles Lyimo, told the ‘Daily News' via email last week that they have not been paid their allowances from January to March this year. "Most of us have started to experience problems with our landlords and other services such as transport, internet, water, electricity as they are contract-based and have already been disconnected," he explained.
Lyimo explained that, under the scholarship arrangement, TCU is expected to pay 80 per cent of the money after every three months and, DAAD, 20 per cent every month. He noted that they have tried to communicate with Dar es Salaam since December in vain.
"We are now going to the end of January and don't know our fate, it would be better for the government to tell us what is going on or give us return fare so that we can go back home," he said. TCU's Senior Public Relations Officer, Edward Mkaku, confirmed to the ‘Daily News' that they had not received funds from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training to send to Germany.
He said TCU had made many enquiries regarding the said allowances but had not received formal communication yet. Both Minister and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training could not be reached for comment but Deputy Minister Philip Mulugo said he did not have any information about the problem.
A senior official with the ministry, who preferred anonymity, as he was not the spokesperson, said they were processing the payment. "We are aware of the matter and as we speak we are processing their payment, within a few days they will get their money," he said, but declined to comment on the reasons for delay.
The students are from University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Mzumbe University, Open University of Tanzania, State University of Zanzibar, Ardhi University (AU), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) and University of Dodoma (UDOM).
By FARAJA MGWABATI, Tanzania Daily News