TANZANIA Bureau of Standards (TBS) has marked the World Standards Day by awarding certificates to students who won in the essay writing competition as a move
Speaking to journalists shortly after
officiating over a function to mark the day, TBS Director General, Prof.
Egid Mubofu said the day was taken seriously by his institution through
creating awareness among students on matters related to adherence to
standards.
“We mark the world standards day by
organising various activities, including essay writing competition among
secondary students as a way of creating awareness on the importance of
standards,” Prof. Mubofu explained.
He said the major aim of marking the day
was to educate people on the importance of standards in improving their
lives through the quality of their assets, health and safety among
others.
According to the TBS boss, every year
the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) has a theme on
the marking of the day in question, and this year’s theme was “standards
make cities smarter”, which emphasises the importance of standards in
improving the livelihood of urban dwellers.
“The bureau has been organising essay
competition in secondary schools using the theme of the specific year
with the aim of measuring the understanding of students on issues
related to standards,” Prof. Mubofu said.
He added that the competition helps TBS
measure the extent at which citizens understand the importance of
standards and what should be done in capacity building, especially for
students to understand the importance of standards in their lives.
Prof Mubofu said the awards and
certificates given to the winners of the competition are taken as a
motivation to them and to other students to participate in future
competitions yet enhancing their capacity and knowledge on various
matters.
“TBS is determined to improve people’s
lives and ensure that standards are adhered, especially in the areas of
production, construction and health. The government’s objective of
industrial economy will be possible with strictness in adherence of
standards,” he stressed.
Earlier, the TBS Director of Standards,
Ms Edna Ndumbaro said that the objective of TBS through essay
competition was to create awareness on standard matters to current and
future generations.
“Ten students from Kibaha, Feza, Elboru
and Loyola secondary schools won prizes and certificates..,” Ms.
Ndumbaro asserted. The best winner was from Kibaha Secondary School,
Barnabas Michael, who commended TBS for coming up with the idea and that
the essay competition promotes and increases understanding of matters
related to standards.
“I take this opportunity to encourage my
colleagues (students) to take part in such competitions,” he said,
thanking TBS for promoting issues related to standards from the
grassroots. World Standards Day is celebrated internationally each year.
The day honours the efforts of thousands of experts who develop voluntary standards within standards development organizations.
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