Msafiri Kasian
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- Sep 9, 2011
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By Edward Qorro
The Citizen Reporter
Dar es Salaam.
The
use of internet
among higher
learning institutions must be something
to worry if the latest
ranking on
Information and
Communication
Technology (ICT) usage among world
universities is
anything to go by.
According to
rankings by
Webometrics released in July this
year, only one
university from
Tanzania has made it
to the top hundred of
the best universities in ICT usage in Africa. University of Dar es
Salaam (UDSM) is the
only higher learning
institution to have
made it in the
celebrated 100 universities, ranking
number 23, out of
100 other
universities in Africa.
However, the
position means that
the fifty-year old
university has now
dropped by ten
places, having been number 13 in last
years rankings.On
the global front,
however, the
country has climbed
up the scale by 1,437 places, from position
3,415 in 2011 to
position 1,978 this
year.
University of Cape
Town led the
continent once
again, followed by
four other South
African higher learning institutions
in the top five of the
rankings in the
continent.
Makerere University
of Uganda heads the
region having
pitched itself at
position 11 and
number 1,173 globally.Following
closely is the Nairobi
University of Kenya
at number 14, having
also ranking number
1,435 in the globe.No other universities
from Tanzania
features in the top
100 rankings as the
list goes on.
Reacting to the
rankings, UDSMs
deputy vice-
chancellor
(Academics), Prof
Makenya Maboko, said there were
other factors to
consider in the
rankings other than
what he referred to
as website updating. The academician
argued there were
some universities
which spent more
time in updating
their websites and domains other than
focusing on the
quality education
they offer. It does not mean
that we are
unconcerned about
this, but basically this
does not reflect
much on the quality of education, added
Prof Maboko.
The
Webometrics
University Ranking is
a ranking system
based on university web presence,
visibility and web
access. This ranking system
measures how
strongly a university
is present in the web
by its own web
domain, sub-pages, rich files, and
scholarly articles.
However, the
rankings are not
based on research,
teaching, number of
citations, ability to
create internally generated funds as
well as the
international outlook
measured by the
proportion of
international staff and students at
institutions in the
field.
The Citizen Reporter
Dar es Salaam.
The
use of internet
among higher
learning institutions must be something
to worry if the latest
ranking on
Information and
Communication
Technology (ICT) usage among world
universities is
anything to go by.
According to
rankings by
Webometrics released in July this
year, only one
university from
Tanzania has made it
to the top hundred of
the best universities in ICT usage in Africa. University of Dar es
Salaam (UDSM) is the
only higher learning
institution to have
made it in the
celebrated 100 universities, ranking
number 23, out of
100 other
universities in Africa.
However, the
position means that
the fifty-year old
university has now
dropped by ten
places, having been number 13 in last
years rankings.On
the global front,
however, the
country has climbed
up the scale by 1,437 places, from position
3,415 in 2011 to
position 1,978 this
year.
University of Cape
Town led the
continent once
again, followed by
four other South
African higher learning institutions
in the top five of the
rankings in the
continent.
Makerere University
of Uganda heads the
region having
pitched itself at
position 11 and
number 1,173 globally.Following
closely is the Nairobi
University of Kenya
at number 14, having
also ranking number
1,435 in the globe.No other universities
from Tanzania
features in the top
100 rankings as the
list goes on.
Reacting to the
rankings, UDSMs
deputy vice-
chancellor
(Academics), Prof
Makenya Maboko, said there were
other factors to
consider in the
rankings other than
what he referred to
as website updating. The academician
argued there were
some universities
which spent more
time in updating
their websites and domains other than
focusing on the
quality education
they offer. It does not mean
that we are
unconcerned about
this, but basically this
does not reflect
much on the quality of education, added
Prof Maboko.
The
Webometrics
University Ranking is
a ranking system
based on university web presence,
visibility and web
access. This ranking system
measures how
strongly a university
is present in the web
by its own web
domain, sub-pages, rich files, and
scholarly articles.
However, the
rankings are not
based on research,
teaching, number of
citations, ability to
create internally generated funds as
well as the
international outlook
measured by the
proportion of
international staff and students at
institutions in the
field.
