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PRESS RELEASE

THE STATE UNIVERSITY CHUO KIKUU CHA TAIFA

OF ZANZIBAR CHA ZANZIBAR

P. O. Box 146 S. L. P. 146

Zanzibar - Tanzania Zanzibar - Tanzania

Tel: + 255-24-2230724 Simu: +255-24-2230724

Fax: +255-24-2233337 Nukushi: +255-24-2233337

E-mail: [email protected] Baruapepe: [email protected] Website: http://www.suza.ac.tz Tovuti: http://www.suza.ac.tz

December 16, 2012---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SUZA TO CELEBRATE ITS EIGHTH GRADUATION CEREMONY

The State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) will celebrate its eighth graduation

ceremony on Saturday 22nd

December, 2012. The event will take place in its new

Campus premises at Tunguu, Central District, Zanzibar South around 08.30 a.m. His

Excellency, Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein, the President of Zanzibar and the Chairman of

the Revolutionary Council who is also the Chancellor of the State University of

Zanzibar is expected to confer and present degrees, diplomas and certificates to the

2011/2012 University graduands.

In this year’s graduation ceremony a total 494 graduands out of which 262

(53.03%) being females and 232 (46.96%) male graduands will graduate in nine (9)

different academic disciplines of Certificate in Computer Science, Certificate of

Information Technology, Certificate in Librarianship and Information Technology,

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Diploma in Computer Science and Diploma in Languages with Education. Others are

Diploma in Science with Education, Bachelor of Arts with Education, Bachelor of

Science with Education and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. SUZA is

currently running thirteen (13) academic programmes in addition to PhD in Kiswahili,

Diploma in Educational Leadership and Management, Diploma in Social Work and

University Qualifications Framework (Level 6) Certificate from the above mentioned

programmes.

The State University of Zanzibar has this academic year increased its number

of students who have finalized their studies compared to the last academic year as

during the previous graduation ceremony a total of 320 (155 – 48.43% females and

165 – 51.56% males) graduated in six (6) different academic disciplines.

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) was established by Act No. 8 of 1999 of the

House of Representatives of Zanzibar and became operational on 26th

September,

2001. The University has recently undergone a massive restructuring process moving

from having the School of Education, Arts and Sciences (SEAS) and two (2) Institutes

of Kiswahili and Foreign Languages (IKFL) along with the Institute of Continuing

Education (ICE) which existed for a decade to four (4) recently introduced Schools of

Kiswahili and Foreign Languages, Natural and Social Sciences, Education and that of

Continuing and Professional Education. Apart from these Schools, there is one

Directorate of Library Services and several academic departments and centres So

many other envisaged programmes are to be introduced in the near future.

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