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10 March 1965
HOSTEL ADMINISTRATION
In addition to the Director and the Administrative Secretary,
the Mozambique Institute has a Dean of Students and three staff
teachers.  The Dean of Students also teaches.
The student body has elected a Student Council which discusses
and helps decide upon the problems of the students related to
the running of the hostel.  The Dean of Students sits in on the
meetings of the Student Council.  There are five prefects and
five sub-prefects on the Council, and they are charged with the
responsibilitiy of managing student work groups and chores, supervising students committees, etc., as well as acting as the voice
of the students to the administration and staff.  The Council has
taken its duties seriously and serves its intended functions well.
PROGRAMME OF THE KURASINI INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
Since moving to its new site on Kilwa Road, the African-American
Institute Special Training Centre has changed its name to the
Kurasini International College, and is popularly known a&  the
"KIC".
Luring the past year and a half the African-American Institute
has been trying to make its school into a proper secondary
school.  The new year has brought a concrete change in the programme, and the running of the school has already shown improvement and increased order.  The bulk of the teaching staff
is composed of Project Tanganyika workers, young people from
Harvard and Radcliffe who are volunteering a year of their work
to this project.  Qualified teachers are being sought both here
and in the United States, and they will be able to raise the
level of instruction even higher.  A new counselor for the students
was employed at the end of last year;  one month ago a new headmaster arrived;  and a few weeks ago another qualified teacher
was added to the staff.  With the arrival of these new staff
members, the administration of the school has shown great improvement.
Although in the past there seemed to have been no well-defined
class levels at the school, a new structure has been set up
covering Standard VII through Form IV, based on the Tanzania
syllabus and working toward the Cambridge Certificate.  Where
necessary there is some modification in the syllabus to fit the
needs of the refugee students.  The basic subjects are maths,
history, geography, English and science.  There are several
elective courses offered from v/hich the student may choose.  a11
classes are held in the morning, the afternoon being free for
study, if the student wishes to use it so.
a source of difficulty to the Mozambican students is the necessity
of learning English before he can participate fully in the KIC
programme.  Some language medium had to be decided upon, and the
African-Mjnerican Institute chose English from the standpoint of
the usefulness of the language in pursuing higher education and
because of the availability of teachers,  although it was first
suggested that there be a double stream of students — one stream
English-speaking and one Portuguese-speaking — it was decided
that it would entail a much greater expense and more cumbersome
programme than could be envisioned at this time.  Therefore,
a more intensive English language training programme has
been set up at the school.  During the course of one year it
is hoped that a student who arrives at the school speaking