“They are capable:
Lecturer-student mentorship success - Part 2”
By Eliaza Mkuna
Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics
G
reetings and regards to Mzumbe University
Alumni and the entire community. With a
number of achievements that the University
has attained in different avenues for the past year, I
would like to extend my congratulations to the Top
Management for the ac “You can teach a student a lesson for a day, but if you
can teach him/her to learn by creating curiosity, he will
continue the learning process as long as he/she lives”
and Phil Collins once said “In learning you will teach
and in teaching you will learn”. These quotes remind us
that there is more to do beyond lectures and seminars.
This article is a continuation of my contribution towards
promoting and guidance of students towards attaining
their academic and career endeavors. Last year one of
our B.Sc. in Economics students presented his paper
at an International conference organized by the Open
University of Tanzania in collaboration with partners
from Europe, the paper is currently under review for
publication. This year we feel great as two more of
our B.Sc. in Economics students have been invited to
attend and present their papers on the “ 4 th Voice of
Social Sciences International Conference on 30 th
November, 2017” at the Mwalimu Julius Kambarage
Nyerere Mlimani Campus under the theme “ The
Youth Question and Social-Economic Development
in Tanzania”. Papers which are going to be presented
are “Factors Influencing Youth Participation in
Agribusiness Sector: A case of Mvomero District in
Morogoro Tanzania” by Khamis Msangi and another
paper titled “Contribution of Tanzania Agricultural
Voucher System Program to Youth Employment” by
Osmond Shuma. Igniting students’ thinking can result into great
philosophers and influence future innovations in
different disciplines. Moreover, mentorship can
start at an undergraduate level, where there is a high
possibility of getting fresh minds, curious to go further
in academia and research world. As I continue to work
with students beyond their classes in inspiring them
to be well informed and go for greater heights, I still
encourage this kind of Lecturer-student relationship
and one can design on how mentorship should be done
at a certain point in time. And more so there should be
a mentorship model designed to directly link students
with the respective industry depending on their areas
of interest and expertise.
With the ongoing one and one mentorship program,
there is a big room of learning great things from students
as they are capable of many unfold innovations and
ideas. A philosophical quote from Clap P. Bedford says
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