Africa-Press – Tanzania. THE National Institute of Transport (NIT) and Zibo Vocational Institute (ZBVI) of China’s Shandong province have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation and some companies to equip staff with training in automobile engineering.
According to the agreement, ZBVI will provide Chinese expertise in vocational training to NIT academic staff who will thereafter be imparting the knowledge to automobile engineering students at NIT.
The agreement will be valid for six years, and it will automatically be renewed for another term if there is no objection from either side.
Speaking on tuesday in Dar es Salaam shortly after the NIT- ZBVI online meeting, NIT Rector, Prof Zacharia Mganilwa said: “Through the MoU, Zibo Vocational Institute will provide training to our academic staff on automobile engineering and facilitate better trade and connection with China.”
He added: “NIT is very pleased with this cooperation agreement, through the agreement we will improve our curriculum on automobile engineering.”
Prof Mganilwa also expounded that during the 2022/23 academic year, some of the institute’s academic staff in automobile engineering will get the chance to learn about Chinese vehicles and automobile technologies to be imparted to NIT students.
“The agreement serves as a base for our institutes to promote bilateral cooperation in vocational education. This cooperation will not only provide vocational training to students but also contribute to further enhancing Tanzania-China relations,” the rector said.
Eng Mganilwa noted that the cooperation agreement would significantly provide opportunities for NIT students to get attached to Chinese vehicle manufacturers and automobile companies.
“The cooperation agreement provides a new opportunity for the Tanzanian youth to improve their vocational skills,” he said, adding that the business persons who buy the Chinese vehicles and machines in Tanzania will not have to worry again after the commencement of this programme.
“Our students in automobile engineering will also get sponsorships and attachment to Chinese automobile companies,” he said, adding that every semester, the few diploma students to be selected according to their performance, would be taught one Chinese vehicle technology module.
“The place of China in the world economy has grown to be so strong that Tanzania stands to benefit; if our students learn Chinese technologies, it is my hope the graduates from automobile engineering will utilize all the Chinese market opportunities in the country and Africa,” Professor Mganilwa said.
The cooperation agreement will also involve other Chinese companies including Tianjin Zhongwu Education Technology Co. Ltd as well as Sunmaker Oil and Gas Training Institute.
However, to accelerate the implementation of the outcomes of the Beijing Summit and Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, NIT, ZBVI, Tianjin Zhongwu Education Technology Co. Ltd as well as Sunmaker Oil and Gas Training Institute have also agreed to establish a Luban Workshop on automotive and China – Tanzania automotive institute in Tanzania.
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