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    Enrolment determinants for higher education: the case study of self-sponsored students in higher education
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2000) Swilla, Essau Samwel
    In the Tanzania system of higher education, the responsibility for paying the total price of attending higher education is not well defined. In public institutions the government sponsors the majority of the students, while in private institutions the costs are met by students, parents and other agents. There have been decreasing levels of government support for higher education in the country. As such, many institutions have resorted to admitting more students through selfsponsorship schemes. Despite the efforts made by both higher learning institutions and Government to encourage people to either contribute or pay the full cost of higher education, the response has not been encouraging. The aims and objectives of the research reported in this dissertation all are centred on investigating the enrolment determinants for self sponsored students in higher education. To achieve these objectives, five hypotheses were developed which rested on five factors i.e. the price of higher education, selection criteria, total enrolment, program attractiveness and relevance and information on higher education programs and opportunities. Subsequent literature review facilitated the developing of a framework which the independent variable and dependent variables were correlated and tested for their significance. It was statistically found that the independent variables (price, program attractiveness and information on higher education) were the contributing factors towards self-sponsorship. The selection criteria and total enrolment were statistically found to be insignificant. Enrolment increase in higher education is now the pre-occupation of both higher learning institutions and the government. Most of the institutions operate under-capacity. While thinking of improving the existing programs in order to make them more attractive and relevant, and while thinking of improving the dissemination of information on institutional programs and making the price of education much more reasonable with respect to what can be afforded by the majority, the government need to extend its sponsorship to students in private institutions.