SUMAIT University History
A Brief History of SUMAIT University College of Education Zanzibar (CEZ) was established in 1998 by Direct Aid- Africa Muslims Agency (AMA) with a view to train Islamic and Arabic Teachers for Secondary Schools in Zanzibar as well as in the East Africa region. It was affiliated academically to International University of Africa (IUA), Khartoum. CEZ is one among the oldest Higher Learning Institutions in Zanzibar. The first batch of 32 students graduated in 2001 with Bachelor of Arts with Education (B.A. Ed.). In June, 2001 the College of Education was granted a final registration certificate by the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU), which was by then Higher Education Accreditation Council (HEAC). In the year 2005 it was renamed as University College of Education Zanzibar. The Department of Social Sciences was established in the academic year 1999/2000 with History and Geography specializations as single major with Education. In the academic year 2010/2011 the name of the Department of Social Sciences was changed to Department of Social Studies. In 2012/2013 the Department adopted double major policy with the following subjects: Geography, Biology, History, English, Kiswahili, Arabic anOver the past three years, from September 2011, UCEZ began the chartering process of being a fully fledged university; in this regard the charter core committee consisted the following: Prof. Hamed R.H. Hikmany Prof. Mazhar Ali Sabri Prof.MsafiriMshewa Dr. Adil Hussein Taha Mr. Ali Said Sunkar Mr. Abdullah Suleiman Abdullah Chairman Member Member Member Member Member and Secretary Dr. Izzeldin Ibrahim Magzoub, the retired Principal from Sudan, was the patron to oversee the whole process. He left for Khartoum in July, 2012 and the whole proves was chaired and supervised by Prof. Hamed R.H. Hikmany. A letter of intent was submitted to Tanzania Commission for Universities indicating the desire to become a full – fledged university carrying the proposed name Zanzibar International University. A letter from the International University of Africa was also received clearing for UCEZ to proceed being fully fledged-university. This was one of the pre-conditions set by TCU. University Charter, Self Assessment Report and other required documents were drafted by the Legal Assistant (from the Attorney General’s Chamber) under the guidance of core committee with TCU inputs. Several sub committees were constituted to draft relevant documents. All documents were submitted to TCU where its experts visited UCEZ for valuation on July, 2013. d Islamic studies. In the academic year 2000/2001, CEZ introduced the Department of Sciences with the following subjects: Physics/Mathematics; Physics/Chemistry; and Chemistry/Biology. In 2013, the Department introduced new courses with the following subjects: Computer Science and Mathematics, Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and Information Technology (IT). At the end of 2013 TCU asked UCEZ Management to amend the proposed name Zanzibar International University. The information was forwarded to Direct Aid (Africa Muslims Agency in Kuwait).The new name proposed was “Abdulrahman Al-Sumait Memorial University”. Both Direct Aid and TCU accepted the change and hence all documents were amended. Finally, on 14thJuly, 2014, TCU granted a letter to University College of Education Zanzibar to a fully-fledged University carrying the name of Abdulrahman Al Sumait Memorial University (SUMAIT University).
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