Africa-Press – Tanzania. TANZANIA and China have strengthened their cooperation in technical education following a successful meeting on the construction of the China–Tanzania Engineering Technology Institute.
The meeting, held over the weekend at the Ardhi University, was chaired by University’s Vice Chancellor Prof Evaristo Riwa and attended by Liu Ming, Vice President of Chongqing Vocational Institute, and Mr Huang Zaisheng, Chairman of Group Six International Ltd.
The leaders outlined development plans for the institute, noting that its establishment is rooted in a long-standing and successful partnership in technical education between China and Tanzania, which began in 2017.
It was reported that in 2019, the first Lu Ban Workshop in Tanzania was launched and officially recognised by Tanzania’s Ministry of Education in January 2024.
Currently, the Lu Ban Workshop operates under a “one centre, three bases” structure, including an overseas education centre in Tanzania, a virtual simulation training centre in China, and training bases at the SinoTanzania Industrial Park and Ardhi University.
The partners agreed to continue developing teaching resources, including engineering training programmes, Tanzanian curriculum standards, Englishlanguage course materials and bilingual textbooks. Fourteen curriculum standards have already been incorporated into Tanzania’s national education system.
Over the past nine years, the project has trained more than 2,000 construction engineering technicians, providing critical human resource support to Chinese enterprises and local construction projects in Tanzania.
The China–Tanzania Engineering Technology Institute has been approved as a key construction project in Chongqing and has received special financial support. It will be jointly built and operated by Chinese and Tanzanian universities and enterprises.
Vice President Liu Ming said the project aligns with the Belt and Road Initiative and the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation, adding that the institute aims to become East Africa’s leading applied technical university by 2026.
