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US Embassy organises college fair
2006-11-09 08:38:23
By Guardian Reporter
The U.S Embassy in Tanzania has invited secondary school students from Form Three and above as well as their parents to the 2006 College Fair to be held on Friday at the embassy’s premises in Dar es Salaam.
An embassy press statement released yesterday says this year’s College Fair is being held during the Seventh Annual International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S Department of Education and the U.S Department of State.
The press release says the initiative is geared to recognise the benefits brought on by exchanges between the United States and other countries.
This year’s theme is ”International Education: Engaging in Global Partnerships and Opportunities.”
It says the College Fair aims at increasing public awareness of the education opportunities available in the U.S. for Tanzanian students.
The goal is to enhance the quality and number of Tanzanian students applying to U.S institutions.
”It all starts with quality education, and education is a shared value around the world and the foundation of our children’s future.
More than ever, success in the world depends on what you know, not where you live. Technology has leveled the playing field and ”flattened’’ the world,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling in the release.
”It has showed the value of Maths, Science and other subjects in high demand across the globe,” she said.
Participants to the College Fair will be briefed on student visa requirements to enter the United States and they will also meet and hear presentations on how to use a College Fair.
Other presentations include: characteristics of higher education, financing higher education for non-US students and U.S college application procedures.
Participants will also have a chance to find out first-hand what U.S College and university life is like from college recruiters from the Council for International School (CIS) as well as alumni of the institutions themselves.
According to the Institute for International Education’s Annual Open Door report for 2005, Tanzania ranks seventh in Africa in number of students in the U.S after Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Cameroon.
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