Africa-Press – Tanzania. PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has urged successful applicants of government-sponsored vocational training programmes to utilize the opportunity for their benefits and the nation at large.
The six-month programme, an initiave that came after President Samia Suluhu Hassan made the decision to allocate special funds for this purpose, is meant to impart technical skills to the country’s youth.
Mr Majaliwa made the remarks over the weekend during the inauguration of the Vocational Training College located at Kipapa village, Busokelo district in Mbeya region.
“What brought us here is to witness our young Tanzanians who have been coordinated by the Prime Minister’s Office to provide them with skills that enable them to employ themselves by creating their own jobs,” he stated.
There were about 45,000 young Tanzanians enrolled for the programmme in both public and private colleges where they would be given vocational training for six months.
Majaliwa said apart from being trained in those colleges, some of them have been attached to some institutions in tourism sector and hotel for doing field work and gain skills. The VETA Busokelo College is one of colleges earmarked to train and provide skills to youth coming from Rungwe, Kyela, Chunya and Mbeya.
“It’s my hope that every youth who got this opportunity would not lose it. The President would like to see every Tanzanian engageing in entrepreneurship,” said Majaliwa.
He further noted that the government has a strategy to train 80,000 young people. Large part of training sessions (60 percent) will be practical oriented and the remaining 40 percent will be theory.
On his part, Director General of VETA, Dr Pancras Bujulu said Busokelo Vocational College has enrolled 127 students who will get vocational training through the programme. He said among them, 26 students study carpentry, 45 tailoring, 28 electrical course, 18 computer repairing and 10 electronics maintenance.
Dr Buhulu said the success of the programme included enabling skilled students to become self employed in the fields of carpentry, tailoring, and driving
