Education, Science and Technology minister, Prof Adolf Mkenda (Right) and Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Tanzania, Yahya Ahmed Okeish, discuss education collaboration strategies, including scholarship opportunities for Tanzanian students. The Saudi Arabia government has increased scholarship slots for Tanzanian students from 90 to 127. PHOTO | COURTESY
Dar es Salaam. For many years, Tanzania has watched talented young people miss out on international scholarships simply because the system did not prepare them adequately to compete, The Citizen has learnt.
The array of obstacles included a lack of timely information, insufficient clarity regarding scholarship prerequisites, and systemic bureaucratic complexity that routinely eliminated even highly qualified applicants during the initial selection phase.
