In the period of six years from 2021 to 2026, the project will have the following activities:

PhD Curriculum

The taught PhD programme which was developed in 2015 was reviewed under the support of this project in April 2021 and already approved by TCU.  It is a four years programme with year one for coursework and other three years for research.

PhD Training

One of the main activities of the project is PhD training.  This project is sponsoring six (6) PhD students started their studies at the end of October 2021. Out of six (6) PhD students, four (4) students are in Mathematics programme namely

       1.  Abdul-Rahman Japhary Mumbu (M)
       2.  Elimercy Eustace Ntagalinda (F)
       3.  Innocent Turlo Sosoma (M)
       4.  Qwaray, Leonce Leandry (M)

Other two (2) students are in Mathematics Education programme who are:

       5, Ema Boki (F)
       6. Honorata Kihaga (F)

The working plan of PhD training is as follow:

• Sept 2021- June 2022 – Taking coursework
• July 2022- Dec 2022 – Comprehensive examination and writing research proposal
• Jan 2022-  Sept 2025 – working on research, visiting supervisor and PhD defend 

All 6 PhD students are expected to complete their studies in September 2025.

Mobility

This project will have three types of mobility. The first one involves teaching. During the teaching of PhD programme,  the project will support staff from the University of Makerere to go and teach at the University of Dar es Salaam and verse versa. The second type of mobility will require PhD students sponsored by the project to visit their external supervisors in Norway or in the region during research period. The final type of mobility will involve supporting staff and students to attend conferences or workshops. 

Conferences and Workshops

This project will support the following conferences/workshops activities:

• The first international conference and project meeting to hosted by Makerere University  in Uganda in 2022
•  The second International conference to be hosted by University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2026.
• Support of at least two staff members / students every year, to participate in regional/international conferences.
• A total of four secondary schools teacher training workshops will be organized from 2022 to 2025.

Outreach Activities
The project will have three types of outreach activities.

• The first outreach activity will be to organise training sessions that involving secondary school mathematics teachers. This activity will be conducted in four consecutive years. The aims of the training sessions are two folds: to share experiences in teaching and learning mathematic topics which appear to be challenging in the classroom and to expose mathematics teachers to computer software that are considered useful in the teaching and learning of Mathematics in secondary schools. 

• The second activity is to promote science and mathematics in secondary schools.  This activity is deem appropriate specifically for attracting more students to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects, with special emphasis on female students.

• The third activity will be to  organise a number of conferences and workshops. This activity is an avenue for staff and students to present and share their experiences and research findings.

ACTIVITIES DONE BY 2022

Visiting Lecturers:

Three visiting lecturers visited and taught three courses at the Department.

1. Dr. Banzi Wellars who taught PDE (3^rd April till  23^rd  April, 2022)
2. Prof. Joseph Nzabanita – Stochastic Process (24^th April to 15^th  May, 2022)
3. Dr. Timothy Kamanu - Data Sciences for Mathematics (9^th - 29^th May, 2022)

LOCAL WORKSHOP: Linking Mathematics Research Industries and Government Institutions: 27^th -28^th May, 2022

The workshop brought together 63 participants. The main objective of the workshop was to bring collaborations between industry and mathematics researchers to work on real life problems.

These included staff members, PhD students, staff from other government institutions, and government agencies such as the Tanzania Meteorological Agency, Tanzania Bureau of Standards and Ifakara Health Institute.

The PhD students participated and some gave some presentations.

PhD STUDENTS’ PROGRESS

July 2022: End of coursework for PhD students.

December 2022: Completed the written part of the comprehensive examination

Training Manual Preparation