women access to science at the university of dar es salaam - Ozean ...
women access to science at the university of dar es salaam - Ozean ...
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European Journal <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ional Studi<strong>es</strong> 2(3), 2010The first cohort <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pre-entry programme female students gradu<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> academic year2000/01. The Dutch government under <strong>the</strong> Teacher Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Assistance in M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics and Science(TEAMS) project funded <strong>the</strong> first cohort. The Forum for African Women Educ<strong>at</strong>ionalists (FAWE), FAWEand Gender Dimension Programme Committee (GDPC), and GDPC funded <strong>the</strong> second, <strong>the</strong> third and <strong>the</strong>fourth r<strong>es</strong>pectively.Ass<strong>es</strong>sment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pre-entry programme for female students in <strong>science</strong> done by B<strong>es</strong>ha (2001) indic<strong>at</strong><strong>es</strong> th<strong>at</strong>87% and 13% <strong>of</strong> male peers viewed <strong>the</strong> performance <strong>of</strong> PEP candid<strong>at</strong><strong>es</strong> equal <strong>to</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs and below o<strong>the</strong>rsr<strong>es</strong>pectively. 13%, 73% and 27% female peers viewed it as below o<strong>the</strong>rs, equal <strong>to</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs and above o<strong>the</strong>rsr<strong>es</strong>pectively. Their overall performance is very good. In fact <strong>the</strong> b<strong>es</strong>t student in <strong>the</strong> Physics Department for<strong>the</strong> academic year 2000/01 was from <strong>the</strong> PEP students and several o<strong>the</strong>rs did very well and were awardedpostgradu<strong>at</strong>e scholarships in some departments in <strong>the</strong> Faculty <strong>of</strong> Science (Faculty <strong>of</strong> Science, 2001:18).Preferential Admission Criteria (PAC)The second major UDSM educ<strong>at</strong>ion programme is <strong>the</strong> Preferential Admission Criteria (PAC) for femal<strong>es</strong>tudents, which has had <strong>the</strong> broader objective <strong>of</strong> facilit<strong>at</strong>ing <strong>the</strong> admission <strong>of</strong> qualified female applicantsbut with A-level grad<strong>es</strong> and m<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ion points lower than those <strong>of</strong> male applicants in all faculti<strong>es</strong> <strong>at</strong>UDSM. The applic<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> PAC depends on <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> applicants in each year as well as <strong>the</strong> level <strong>of</strong>performance in rel<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>to</strong> UDSM's minimum entry qualific<strong>at</strong>ions. In addition, while PAC is applied by <strong>the</strong>whole University, <strong>the</strong> decision <strong>to</strong> apply it or agree on a cut-<strong>of</strong>f point is made by individual departments.Table 1 below shows <strong>the</strong> vari<strong>at</strong>ions in cut-<strong>of</strong>f points as determined in different selected disciplin<strong>es</strong>.Table 2 bellow illustr<strong>at</strong><strong>es</strong> <strong>the</strong> preferential admission criteria as applied for University <strong>of</strong> Dar <strong>es</strong> Salaam(UDSM) admissions in selected disciplin<strong>es</strong> for <strong>the</strong> 2005/06 academic year276
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