Samia Scholarship beneficiaries reap gains from a special training at NM-AIST

DAR ES SALAAM: THE Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Adolf Mkenda, has urged beneficiaries of the Samia Scholarship Extended (DS/AI+) programme attending a special training camp at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) to study diligently and prepare to adapt to different environments, languages and cultures they will encounter while pursuing studies abroad.

He emphasised the importance of thorough preparation for international English-language proficiency examinations, urging the beneficiaries to attain the required scores to meet admission criteria for international universities.

Meanwhile, the programme’s Committee Chairperson, Professor Yunus Mgaya, stressed the need to strengthen the teaching and learning of English from the school level to prepare students for the challenges of studying at international universities.

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He noted that previous beneficiaries who enrolled at the University of Limerick in Ireland had performed well in their English-language examinations, expressing confidence that the current cohort undergoing training at the camp would also achieve good results.

Beneficiaries of the programme, Baraka Chegere and Catherine Lema, expressed their gratitude to the government for providing them with the scholarship opportunity. They pledged to make the most of it by acquiring knowledge and skills that would enable them to contribute to research, innovation and Tanzania’s development.