EAS ID 352862

THIS SECTION MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE NOMINATING BODY

To be completed by the nominating agency

Name of country:

TANZANIA

Name of nominating body: TANZANIA Ministry of Education and Vocational Training

Nomination is for:

Doctoral

Master's (research)

Master's (taught)

Split-Site study
Signed:
Date:

Approved by:
Name :
Position:

Date:

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Passport page:

Checklist and confirmation:

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I have read and understood the 'Notes for candidates'

I am a Commonwealth citizen or refugee residing in:

Tanzania
I confirm that all information in this application is true to
the best of my knowledge, and unless otherwise stated is
my own work
I have read the data protection statement and specifically
confirm my consent to the terms outlined
I have read the health statement and, if selected, I note that
I will have to undertake a medical examination

Date: 12/10/2016

SECTION ONE:
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Given Name(s)

SHINJE

Surname (as on
passport)

ZACHARIA

Your address for correspondence:

P.O.BOX 88 MWABAGOLE NGUDU KWIMBA

Email: zachariashin@gmail.com

Title:

Telephone:

Nationality / citizenship: Tanzania

Permanent Address (if different):

Second Nationality /
citizenship
Place and date of birth:
Are you?
Male
Single

Female
Married

NGUDU KWIMBA MWANZA

01/01/1988

Other
Partner

Email:
Telephone: +255759912662
If your permanent address is not in the country of your
birth, state the year in which you left that country and
mention any subsequent change of permanent residence.

If applicable, will your spouse accompany you to the UK?

Yes
No
Do you have children?

Yes

No

If yes, how many would accompany you?

children accompanying.
Ages:
0

Emergency contact:
+25575858577293, +255757464077
Email:
Telephone:
Relationship: BROTHERS

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SECTION TWO:
YOUR CAREER TO DATE
2.1 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
a. Undergraduate and postgraduate university qualifications
Country of
Institution

Name of
Institution

Dates
Attended

Subject

Language
of
Instruction

Qualifications Class Date of

Awarded
of
Award
and Class of Awar

Tanzania

ST JOSEPH COLLEGE
OF ENGINEERING
AND TECHNOLOGY

01/10/2011 to
17/09/2015

ELECTRONICS
AND
COMMUNICATIO
N ENGINEERING

ENGLISH

BEng

Awarding
Body

Uppe 25/05/2016 ST JOSEPH

r
UNIVERSITY IN
Secon
TANZANIA

b. Are you currently registered for any higher education qualification?

Country

Name of
Institution

Dates
Attended

Subject

Language of
Instruction

Qualification
Sought

Expected
Date of
Completion

Awarding
Body

c. Academic distinctions or prizes

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Section Two: Your Career To Date

2.1 Educational Background
a. Please list all undergraduate and postgraduate university qualifications obtained.
Do not include pre-university qualifications (See Note 6)
Name of Institution

Dates
Attended

ST JOSEPH
01/10/2011
COLLEGE OF
to
ENGINEERING AND 17/09/2015
TECHNOLOGY

Subject

ELECTRONICS AND
COMMUNICATION
ENGINEERING

Language Qualifications
of
Awarded
Instruction
ENGLISH BEng

Class Date of
Awarding Body
of
Award
Award
Upper 25/05/2016 ST JOSEPH
Second
UNIVERSITY IN
TANZANIA

b. Are you currently registered for any No

higher education qualification?

c. Academic distinctions or prizes

d. List up to 10 publications, including titles of any theses submitted. You are advised to rank them with the first in the list being the
publication you think is your most important. For publications, please give the names and initials of all authors. Authors names
should be followed by the year of publication, article title, journal title, volume number, and first and last page numbers. References
to books should give the names of any editors, place of publication, editor, and year. If the publication or its abstract is available on
the World Wide Web, include the Digital object identifier (doi)
Examples:
- Soter A, Wasserman SI, Austen KF (1976) Cold urticaria: release into the circulation of histamine and eosinophil chemotactic factor
of anaphylaxis during cold challenge. New England Journal of Medicine. 294: 687-90 DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197603252941302
- Osler AG (1976) Complement: mechanisms and functions. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall
Publication details

Digital object identifier (doi)/Web Address

Section Two: Your Career To Date - cont.

2.2 Professional Record
a. Please list up to 30 employments held to date, starting with the most recent.
Date(s)
07/10/2015 07/10/2015
to present

Country Name of Employer

Tanzani HALOTEL
a
TELECOMMUNICATION
COMPANY

Title
Main Responsibilities
IP-TELECOM 1:CONFIGURATIONS OF NETWORK
ENGINEER
EQUIPMENT e.g.
ROUTERS,SWITCHES,FIREWALL
2:TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORK
PROBLEMS INCLUDING NETWORK
FAIL-OVER, CONFIGURATION RELATED
PROBLEMS
3:INSTALLATION OF NETWORK
EQUIPMENT SUCH AS
ROUTERS,SWITCHES,CABLING.
4:IMPLEMENTATION OF NETWORK
SECURITY POLICIES
5:INTERCONNECTING NEW CUSTOMERS
FOR DATA SERVICES

b. Please list up to 5 professional qualifications obtained. A professional qualification is awarded by a professional body; an example
is Membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Do not include university qualifications
Qualification
GRADUATE
ENGINEER

Date
Awarded
26/06/2016

Awarding Body

Other Information

ENGINEER REGISTRATION BOARD

(ERB)

FULLY REGISTERED AS A GRADUATE

ENGINEER

c. Please list up to 5 short courses attended that you consider relevant to the application
Subject

Place of Study

Date(s)

Organising Body / Qualification Awarded

d. Voluntary activity - please list up to 4 examples of charitable/voluntary or public activity undertaken

Date(s)

Organisation

Activities / Achievements

2.3 OTHER INFORMATION

a. Language proficiency
Is English your first language?

Yes

No

If No, please state whether you have taken a formal test of English and, if so, the date of the test and result
IELTS

School Certificate of English

23/10/2009

TOEFL

Other

PASS WITH GRADE B

Please list all languages spoken, stating whether you regard your capability as good, average or poor
Good

Average

Poor

ENGLISH

Good

Average

Poor

SWAHILI

Good

Average

Poor

c. Have you either been nominated by your agency/home institution for a Commonwealth Scholarship
or applied directly to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission for one before??
Yes
No
If yes, what was the outcome?
I was not offered a Scholarship
I was selected for a Scholarship, but had to withdraw/decline
Reason:
I was selected and took up the award
Years award
d. Other information

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SECTION THREE:
REFERENCES
Section Three: References
References
References
Please list the names and positions of three referees who are qualified to comment on your ability to benefit from the proposed course
of study and whom you will be approaching.
Click the Add... button to add each referee in turn.
Please refer to Note 16 for guidance in this area.
Referees
Name

Job Title

Mr. NGUYEN
TRI TINH

HEAD OF
MAIN
STATION
DEAN OF
STUDENT

Organisation

HALOTEL
TELECOMMUNICATION
COMPANY
Mr. JAISON
ST JOSEPH COLLEGE OF
JACOB
ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY
DAMAS
ASSISTANT ST JOSEPH COLLEGE OF
SALVATORY LECTURE
ENGINEERING AND
MTALIMA
TECHNOLOGY
Do you consent to your application
form being visible to these referees?

Yes

Do you consent to your referees and

potential supervisors (if relevant)
receiving an email saying whether or
not you have been successful in
obtaining an award?

Yes

Email Address

Phone

tinhnt9@viettel.com.vn

Fax Change Resend

Email Email
+255621111014
Change Resend

dean2_sjcet@sjuit.ac.tz

+255685281229

Change Resend

damasmtalima53@gmail.com +255754555865

Change Resend

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SECTION FOUR:
PROPOSED STUDY IN THE UK - TAUGHT MASTER'S COURSES
Proposed date of commencement 01/09/2017

Preferred Institution of Study

Course Title

Brunel University

MSc COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORK

ENGINEERING

Birmingham City University

DATA NETWORK AND SECURITY-MSc

Sheffield Hallam University

MSc COMPUTER AND NETWORK ENGINEERING

<Select Institution>

4.1 The contact I have had with the institutions listed above

4.2 Would you be willing to consider any alternative institution, if recommended by the Commission? (See Note 14)

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Yes

No

4.3 DETAILED PLAN OF STUDY

Dear sir /Madam,

I am Shinje Zacharia and recently I have been working in Halotel Telecom Company as IP-Telecom
Engineer. I have attended my Bachelor degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from St. Joseph
college of engineering and Technology
The undergraduate curriculum introduces me to a wide variety of engineering subjects. Various courses
like Electronics I&II, Computer Communication and Networks, Mobile Communication, Digital
Communication, Telecommunication Switching and Networks, Optical Communication, but few to mention,
provided me with a strong theoretical concept of Electronics and Communication Engineering.
While offering both depth and breadth across this field, these courses put into perspective the
importance and relevance of Electronics and Communication Engineering and the application of its
fundamentals to the problems faced by the real world. So, I can realize that learning and developing my
knowledge of Advanced Computer Communication Network system since I will have a great contribution to the
society since our country begins to transfer manual system to computerize or industries as one of the target of
the Tanzania government fifth term. Nowadays if you talk about hospital life supporting, alerting system,
Scanners and other computerized hospital based Machines you cannot isolate networking Concept, that means
stable and reliable network is a critical edge of life.
I am much eager to adopt and know new technologies. I am really enthusiastic to attend a Master of
Advanced Computer Network engineering in order to understand advanced technology of this field. Good
reputation of high quality education standards, an extremely distinguished faculty members and research
facilities are the factors which have motivated me to choose for my MCs. studies in the one among of these
universities mentioned in my preferred institution of study
I look forward to your positive response. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Yours faithfully

4.4 University education undertaken outside my home country

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SECTION FIVE:
BENEFIT TO YOUR HOME COUNTRY

The good news is that the Internet has grown like a weed, and many welcome it as a tool for productivity and enlightenment; the
bad news is that it is almost unknown in developing nations. This statements offers the hypothesis that computer networks can improve
life in developing nations like Tanzania at a relatively low cost. I begin with a brief discussion of development, followed by some of
the ways computer networks might help, and conclude with a look at what can be done.
Economic Productivity. In recent telecommunication investments in Tanzania increased. According to the government revenue
"very large economic returns" from the telecommunications sectors collected up to august 2016. Computer networks run over
telephone infrastructure at relatively small marginal cost, providing increased economic benefit. Therefore, after completing my
masters in Network engineering I will have gained enough knowledge and experience to participate in Economic production of the
country
Education. Taking example Chile, the support structure has been decentralized through the country with 15 universities
participating. One of their strong beliefs is that the teachers are at the center of the network. The advantages of networks to academies
are obvious databases are shared, conferences organized, papers circulated and discussed, collaborative research and writing
undertaken, and so forth. As an engineer I realize that I have a great debt to bring changes in my country, and this encouraged me to
apply for masters in Networking through this scholarship
Health Care. We are also seeing early application of networks to health care in developed nations. For example, Health Network
links health care workers in 16 African nations and 4 Asian nations with each other and with colleagues and databases in developed
nations using a variety of communication protocols over leased and switched land lines and terrestrial and satellite. Note that Health
Network uses satellite technology, which may have great promise for developing nations like Tanzania.
What is needed?
Well Trained and Qualified Network Engineer. If we believe networks are achievable by and valuable for developing nations like
Tanzania, this is a Technical leveller. Networks require complementary resources, and trained people. While offering both depth and
breadth across this field, these courses put into perspective the importance and relevance of Network engineering and the application of
its fundamentals to the problems faced by the real world. So, I realize that learning and developing my knowledge in Network
Engineering will have a great contribution to the society since our country begins to transfer manual system to computerized or
industrialized.
Moreover, I feel I am responsible for making a big move in this field and this scholarship will give me a big chance to be one day
someone who is remembered for his innovations. It is our duty as people sharing life in this world to make our future better because the
future is not only ours. Our grandchildren should be proud of us one day when they look back and find how hard we worked to make
the world a better place.

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SECTION SEVEN:
FUTURE CAREER PLANS

Objectives during the award:

My objectives during this award is to gain a solid understanding of the advanced technology in the field of Computer network.
During this award I need to take vendors certification especially up to CISCO CCNP certified engineer. This will give me advanced
knowledge to :1: plan and deploy a network from a small to large network
2: Performing Troubleshooting of small network to large routed network
3: implementing security policy in a network

Career plans in the 5 years following the award:

After completing my award up to the 5 years to come. The following is my Career plans
1: To have been CISCO CCIE certified engineer
2: Completed Ph.D. or taking a Research in Computer Network Engineering Field of study
3: Teaching Computer Network Engineering to local colleges to shape new upcoming Network Engineers

Long-term career plans:

To Build and Open the College of Engineering

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