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  • Newspaper

    Flagship university faces probe over missing finances

    Tanzania UR

    Press

    Christabel Ligami - University World News

    Tanzania’s flagship University of Dar es Salaam is under investigation by the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee for the mismanagement of university funds. An audit report for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 fiscal years presented to the parliamentary committee earlier this month shows that approximately US$0.5 million was lost on unretired imprest from workers and US$0.2 million on salaries to ghost workers at the university. The committee chairperson suggested that poor financial management at the university was behind the losses.

  • New IIEP publication explores using school report cards to improve transparency

    News

    IIEP is pleased to announce its latest publication Promoting Transparency through Information: A Global Review of School Report Cards by Xuejiao Joy Cheng and Kurt Moses from FHI 360.

  • Newspaper

    The government saves 930m/- from ghost students' pool

    Tanzania UR

    Press

    Sifa Lubasi - Tanzania Daily News via Allafrica.com

    The government has uncovered a total of 65,198 ghost students in primary and secondary schools across the country, thus saving 931.3m ‒ which would have been allocated for the phantom students for 2016/2017 fiscal year. The Minister of State, President's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government said that out of 65,198 non-existing students, 52,783 have been framed in primary schools and 12,415 in secondary schools.

  • Newspaper

    Universities respond to ‘ghost’ student ultimatum

    Tanzania UR

    Press

    Esther Nakkazi - University World News

    Following the suspension of student loans and the imposition of a week-long ultimatum, 15 universities in Tanzania have responded to a ministerial directive to pay back loans issued to them for thousands of so-called ‘ghost’ students. The directive was issued after a recent verification exercise revealed that about 2,192 students receiving loans at 31 universities may not even exist. The universities were given seven days to recover and return the money, estimated to be over TZS3.8 billion (US$1.7 million).

  • Newspaper

    Tanzania’s universities have a costly ‘ghost student’ problem

    Tanzania UR

    Press

    Simon Ngalomba - The Conversation

    Tanzania’s universities is having trouble with ghosts. The government has suspended student loans worth TZS3.2 billion (US$1.5 million), affecting around 2000 students. This came after a routine verification exercise revealed that some who signed up for loans may not even exist. In a country of more than 100 000 registered tertiary students, 2000 “ghosts” may not seem like a big problem. But when the loan money is being misspent, deliberately or because of poor administration, the entire higher education system is affected, and ultimately the country.

  • Newspaper

    New strategies sought to fight graft in higher learning loans

    Tanzania UR

    Press

    Anthony Tambwe - Tanzania daily news via Allafrica

    According to the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, curbing corruption in higher learning financing systems is a long term effort that must be given strategic importance and adequate resources. This was said during the Annual Conference and General Meeting of the Association of African Higher Education Agencies in Dar es Salaam. The meeting, which was attended by several higher learning Chief Executive Officers from several African countries, also brought together stakeholders from the education sector.

  • Newspaper

    Student loans halted as probe finds over 2,000 'ghosts'

    Tanzania UR

    Press

    Esther Nakkazi - University World News

    Tanzania has suspended student loans amounting to TZS3.2 billion (US$1.5 million) affecting over 2,000 students, some of whom are believed to be non-existent as they failed to show up during a verification exercise. Media reports said the two-month-long exercise carried out twice was to confirm that the students who were benefiting through the Tanzania’s Higher Education Students’ Loans Board, or HESLB, at various institutions of higher learning actually existed and were legitimate students.

  • Newspaper

    Rukwa unearths ghost students

    Tanzania UR

    Press

    Peti Siyame - Daily news

    The Rukwa Region has identified 2,408 students from public primary and secondary schools as ghost students following the recent verifications. The Rukwa Region Commissioner (RC), briefed the Prime Minister from the regional development reports in Namanyere Town , Nkasi District. The premier was further told that Rukwa Region continued to put into action the directives of the President by undertaking thorough verification of phantom students in all public primary and secondary schools in the region.

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