A TOTAL of 33 National Service trainers have completed a two-week entrepreneurship training of trainers programme run by the force and the National Economic Empowerment Council (NEEC).
The training was conducted at JKT
Makutupora camp in Dodoma. The trainers came from Rwamkoma (Mara),
Msange (Tabora), Kanembwa JKT (Kigoma), Makutupora JKT, Chita JKT
(Morogoro) and JKT head quarters camps.
This is the second batch to benefit from
the programme. The first one comprising of 53 trainers completed last
month at Mgulani camp in Dar es Salaam.
Talking during the closing ceremony at
the camp in Dodoma, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s
Office, Policy, Parliamentary Affairs, Labour, Employment, Youth and the
Disabled, Ms Jenista Mhagama urged youths joining National Service to
value entrepreneurship trainings they will be getting at JKT to be
independent and productive.
The minister was represented by Dodoma
District Administrative Secretary, Steven Humbi Ziota. According to the
programme, the JKT instructors will then inculcate the knowledge to
youths joining the national service.
“These trainings will help shape youths
to be independent for the benefit of our nation,” she said. She
commended NEEC for the programme. “The government cannot absorb all
youths when it comes to employment, so this programme will help us on
this,” she said.
The NEEC Executive Secretary, Ms Beng’i
Issa said the programme seeks to benefit youths who join the force
voluntarily but fails to get employed after completion. “We want to
prepare them to become job creators after completing the service,” she
said.
She said the training focused on
equipping the trainers with entrepreneurship knowledge and starting and
managing SACCOS, Village Community Banks (VICOBA) and Village Savings
and Loan Associations (VSLAs). She added that the Council will endeavour
in connecting youth groups with various financial institutions to solve
capital funds challenge.
“The success of this programme will be a
great contribution on solving employment challenges facing our nation,”
she said. Since the reintroduction of National Service in 2001, a
number of young people joining the force have been increasing yearly.
Up to 2014, a total of 104,594 have
completed the National Service. Among those, 34,291 joined the force
voluntarily whereby 70 per cent of them were employed by various
security apparatus. The remaining 30 per cent that is equivalent to
2,000 go home unemployed every year
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