Command and Staff College Commandant Major
General Ezekiel-Elias Kyunga (R) and Institute of Accountancy Arusha
rector Prof Johannes Monyo exchange documents in Arusha yesterday.
The MoU was signed between IAA Rector Prof Johannes Monyo and the Command and Staff College (CSC) Commandant, Maj General Ezekiel-Elias Kyunga in Arusha yesterday though the programmes commenced in May 2013 and are expected to produce the first graduates in March this year (2014).
In a press release availed to the Guardian yesterday, Prof Monyo said two curricula were developed in the area of Strategic Studies which included the Ordinary Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma.
“These curricula were developed following NACTE standards. The Ordinary Diploma curricula comprising of NTA levels 5 and 6 were submitted to NACTE for validation and were approved,” he said.
He added: “IAA developed Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Studies Programme. These programmes are currently in progress and have a total of 52 participants from EAC and SADC countries.”
Monyo pointed out that they are also working with Tanzania Military Academy (TMA) to establish a Bachelor’s Degree in Military Science.
The programme is expected to commence in 2015 if the accreditation processes will be completed in time.
“Today we are here to officially sign the MoU between IAA and TPDF and inform Tanzanians in particular and the world at large that military staff are good partners in development,” he said.
The Rector underscored that many institutions in Tanzania are not used to working closely with military personnel, noting however: “Once good partnership is established the country tends to prosper faster than expected. The Command and Staff College (CSC) has good working relationship with the Institute of Accountancy Arusha (IAA) that has lasted for 8 years,” said the Rector.
According to Monyo, in 2006 a special CSC tailored programme was developed and was the beginning of a close working relationship between the two institutions.
He noted that CSC initially, consulted several institutions and universities in the country to establish long term courses in strategic studies but this effort was unsuccessful.
For his part, The Command and Staff College (CSC) Commandant Major General Ezekiel-Elias Kyunga said they were looking for such collaboration for a long time and to be equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge in Strategic Studies that are needed at their workplace.
“We have started late, we were supposed to start this collaboration some years back, United States of America started collaborating with civil universities about 100 years ago and those institutions’ that are collaborating with the army are well supported,” noted Kyunga.
SOURCE:
THE GUARDIAN
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