THE government plans to construct a new Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA) college in Simiyu Region from March, next year.
Education, Science and Technology
Minister, Prof Joyce Ndalichako, said the construction of the college
will start after procedures to announce the tender are complete.
Prof Ndalichako noted this on Tuesday,
this week, during her official visit in the region as she allayed fears
among regional government officials over whether the college would be
set up, pending long-stayed application. She said that the ministry will
welcome bidders for the project, vowing that the intended modern
college is expected to meet the new market demands.
“In Simiyu Region, we expect to
construct a modern college that would meet the needs of the modern world
and we will receive the applications 30 days after announcing the
tender. We would need one month to vet the applications,” she said. She
explained that the construction of such modern colleges would be
undertaken in other regions of Njombe, Rukwa, Geita and Songwe.
She said the government has put plans in
place to ensure that it improves all community development colleges as a
way of imparting technical skills to the citizens. In another
development, Prof Ndalichako commended the increase of pupils enrolled
for primary education in Simiyu for next year.
She attributed the increase in number of
enrolled pupils to raised awareness among parents after the
introduction of the free education policy. Realising this, the
government has started working on the shortfall in school infrastructure
by partnering with councils and citizens.
She said generally the government
continued to strengthen infrastructure in the education sector, noting
that already 17 teaching colleges and 46 old schools were renovated.
Earlier, Simiyu Regional Commissioner (RC), Anthony Mtaka, told the
Minister that the region has no vocational training college while the
citizens were highly demanding them.
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