OUTGOING Miss Excellence OUT 2009 Noreen Masaki, flanked by first runnerup, Ms Shine Mkali (left) and second runner up, address the media at the temporary headquarters of the OUT in DarThe Open University of Tanzania (OUT) has set aside about 24 million/- in prizes for the winners of the 2nd OUT Miss Excellence 2010.
The prizes were revealed during the unveiling of the beauty pageant at the Temporary OUT Headquarters at Kinondoni in Dar es salaam.
The prizes are in form of three Masters Scholarship for the top three atop cash prizes to the tune of 500,000/- for the winner, 300,000/- and 200,000/- for the first and second runners-up.
The winners will also get fully paid
computer courses at the Open University of Tanzania.
The final of the Miss Excellence OUT, 2010 will be held on Friday July 23, 2010 at the temporary headquarters. Already, the pageant, after internal process, has attracted 10 finalists from various OUT regional centres in Tanzania.
Details for the finals including the unveiling of the contestants will be released on July 20, 2010 at a scheduled press meeting.
The pageant, Miss Excellence OUT-2010, is a branded after the Miss Vodacom Tanzania beauty pageant but within the Open University of Tanzania zone the pageant was designed to increase the visibility and enrollment of more girls into the Open University of Tanzania.
Enrolment statistics indicate that a cummulative total of 31,693 undergraduate students have been enrolled with the OUT but of those only 7,509 are women. This is about 21.6 per cent of the total enrolment.
In line with the objective of establishing the OUT, which was to increase the enrolment of women into the higher education in Tanzania, Miss Excellence OUT is an empowering platform.
Last year’s contestants in the maiden Miss Excellence OUT have been empowered to lead the organization of this year’s event including becoming spokespersons for the pageant.
The Open University of Tanzania is a fully fledged and accredited public institution of higher learning that is autonomous and mandated to conduct academic programmes leading to certificate, diplomas, undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications.
The OUT has regional centres in regions of the United Republic of Tanzania and coordinating centres in Zanzibar, Pemba and Nairobi, Kenya.
For Further Information please Contact;
Albert Z. Memba,
Director of Communications and Marketing,
The Open University of Tanzania
P.O. Box 23409, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania.
Tel. + 255 22 2668445;
Fax. + 255 22 2668779;
E-Mail: dcm@out.ac.tz
For Further Information please Contact;
Albert Z. Memba,
Director of Communications and Marketing,
The Open University of Tanzania
P.O. Box 23409, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania.
Tel. + 255 22 2668445;
Fax. + 255 22 2668779;
E-Mail: dcm@out.ac.tz
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