LEARNING EMVIROMENT (SOLOMON MAHLANGU)

LEARNING AND EXAMINATION ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS AT SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE (SUA) IN SOLOMON MAHLANGU CAMPUS

Introduction
Sokoine University of agriculture is among of early high learning institution in Tanzania. SUA is in Morogoro region, in Morogoro town (municipality) in which Solomon Mahlangu campus at Mazimbu ward and other campus are located at Magadu ward popularly known as new campus. The institution started in 1980s,

and is the only university provided skills and training on agriculture and allied science. Since then enhance the development of agriculture through provision of experts in different aspect concerning with agriculture which are extension officers, agriculture engineering, expert on vetenary medicine, rural experts, agronomist, teachers specified on agricultural.

Learning environmental is not favorable for students to learn in which does not relate with the growth and development of technology and information. In which Mazimbu campus lack the facilities which could influence and support good learning and understanding for student. In which faces such challenge, these can be shown by a video below which try to show the disturbance during examination  such as some groups of students found doing discussion near the students doing exam

 

video to show SUA learning and examination environment

THE PROBLEMS WHICH ARE CAUSE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO BE DIFFICULT TO STUDENTS 

• The problem of access on internet is not effective and sufficient for students
•   Long lecture hours in which may take up to three hours
•   There is no theatre for seminars and workshop
•   Unsatisfactory condition of cafeterias for students
• Low quality learning facilities such as overhead projector, chairs, vimbweta, tables, bookshop, books from library, laboratories, access of wireless in hostels, generators  
• the problems can be explained in the audio form in which can be given further information and  provide the opportunities to know the real sitution in which students experience.

Audio to learn a SUA learning environment

 

  
Examination venue environments are not conducive; examination venues are not supportive to all weather seasons, rain seasons and dry seasons become cumbersome seasons to undergraduate students during midterm and semester exams in which students may experience high wind and rain. Also the main venue (freedom square) which is used for exams does not provide the conducive environment in which at the same venue the following may be observed, students of different degree program doing discussion, scarcity of chairs and tables which make the student to be late in exam and small size of venue which does not provide space for students to do exams or tests. Therefore to ensure the good learning environment we have to ensure suitable learning environment hence the pdf below will help the learners or students to learn

Modern Learning Environments v.1