Expansion of Tanzania-Russia Cooperation in Education

TLDR

• Once the students begin their undergraduate studies at Russian universities, the Russian government will cover 100 per cent of their education costs.
• DODOMA: THE government has secured 10 additional overseas scholarship opportunities for high-performing Form Six science students, raising to 60 the number of Tanzanian students set to pursue undergraduate studies.
• The latest opportunities were secured through Russia’s Peoples’ Friendship University (RUDN) following President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s visit to Russia in early June this year, further strengthening Tanzania-Russia.
• Speaking to journalists in Dodoma on Thursday, Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Adolf Mkenda, said the 10 students would travel to Moscow for a special preparatory boot camp before beginning their.
• During the preparatory programme, he said, the Russian government would cover 80 per cent of the costs, while the Samia Scholarship Extended programme would meet the remaining 20 per cent.