Masanilo, Kimweri ,Mdondoaji Kanda2 n.kmimi naona hawa wote wameathirika na elimu ya UK, wameenda mbali zaidi na ku-adapt tabia za wa-UK, kujiona wao ndio kila kitu dunia hii kwenye issue za elimu.
Standard za elimu zimetofautiana kama tu shule za awali,(I mean from primary school to university) zimetofautiana mostly like hata kwenye ngazi zingine watatofautiana.
Na ninafurahi UK is not superpower, wangeiangamiza dunia na nyodo zao!
Kimweri ndio kaniacha hoi na 'total authority' yake.
Ndugu hapo umekosea kusema watu wana-adapt na Tabia za wa-UK,i have spent a lot of time in Japan/China/taiwan/Korea than i have spent in the whole of EUROPE combined.
Out of several degrees i have only one was obtained in EU,so i can frankly say i have less UK influence than you think.
the subject at hand was a guy who supposedly relies on information on the internet,which is just a reference point.
i have worked with many Japanese/chinese academicians and none has a <3 year PhD.most are averaging 3-3.5,and they are very capable.
I have an example of a Tanzanian fella i met in China 8 years ago,he was head to head with his proffesor trying to finish his PhD program before the required time,with the argument that he has "finished" his thesis in time and therefore deserves to graduate.lucky enough the so said professor,use to be my colleague mate in Japan several years before that,and we were good friends,i had a talk with him and he told me that my countrymates thesis was a normal one"and according to his academic/work guidelines" outstanding students graduate first,.these are type of stuffs a Japanese/Chinese professor will never tell a student.
if he sends bad student's first he lose "face among his peers" so he will keep postponing your defense until all the best ones are gone and if yours looks bad he can say-this is the last one,even i was trying to make it better,no longer it took this long!to understand such things you have to understand those people.
the guy eventually graduated on time,although it was only after the other "outstanding peers" graduated.
so it really comes down to how you do in your PhD thesis.language barrier is a huge issue,and takes a lot of hit to many students studying in ASIA.ofcourse they will never tell their friends back in Tanzania that,there in ASIA they are not as special as they used to be back in TZ(hence ground for jabs like-oh i will do my masters in 2.5 years(pure crap))
i have learned that recently there are many 2nd,3rd tier universities in ASIA that do not give shit about what you have done for your thesis.any university that has an english program in Japan,China,Taiwan does not give shit what you do in those programs,avoid those if you care about your education.if you care enough to do a a year or 2 in their language that will take you more time but will eventually give you better education.So i can reiterate that.i understand that part of the world enough to say 2 years and you walk away with a PhD is a PIPE DREAM!