How Tanzania’s aspiring female scientists are regaining lost hope
Jacklina Furaha (left) and Angelister Amori during their interview with The Citizen’s Jacob Mosenda. The young mothers are having another opportunity to achieve their dreams in science through the Foundation Science Programme. PHOTO | COURTESY
Dar es Salaam. For Rozalia Peter, 24, the dream of becoming a mechanical engineer started early. A brilliant student from Lindi, she pursued the Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) combination at Lucas Maria Mkonai Secondary School, hoping to advance to university.
But when her Form Six results fell short of the required principal passes, her vision of joining higher education collapsed.
