Mzumbe University main campus
Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda is expected to be one of dignitaries to grace the 12th graduation ceremony of Mzumbe University main campus in Morogoro Municipality today.
Rather than a high caliber official, premier Pinda is attending the graduation as a proud parent, there to witness one of his own children along with 1748 other graduates be conferred their degrees by Mzumbe University Chancellor, Judge (Rt), Barnabas Samatta.
According to the information released by the varsity’s Directorate of Information, two graduates will be conferred doctorate degrees, Pindi Chana the Njombe Special Seats Member of Parliament and Silvius Mbano, a lecturer at the university.
Apart from the two doctorate degrees, there will also be conferred 433 master degrees, 1096 undergraduate degrees and 215 certificates.
The Director of Communications, Rainfrida Ngatunga detailed that among the 1748, there will be 943 men and 814 women.
“For the first time, there will be 29 graduates from the Mwanza center,” she noted.
However, the graduation was yesterday preceded by the Convocation Day, a special day set by the university in its annual calendar to honour and recognize the contributions of academicians at the institute.
“The day is very meaningful to us (Mzumbe University) as a family of academicians,” the director said, adding that the day also used to award those who did exceptionally well in their academic pursuit.
SOURCE:
THE GUARDIAN
