THE Ministry of
Agriculture donated some Information Communication Technology equipment
worth 248.69m/- to public and private agricultural training institutions
to
facilitate knowledge sharing.
Making the
revelation, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr
Gerald Kusaya, said his survey into 11 public agricultural institutes in
the country established a massive shortage of relevant books with the
right knowledge.
"I had resolved to
help address this challenge and today I am pleased to distribute the
equipment that would help improve teaching subsequently offered by our
Extension Officers," Mr Kusaya said.
The PS noted that
the idea of donating the items to the institutions would motivate and
encourage them to improve in providing services to the public, adding:
"In Tanzania, there are 11 public agricultural institutions and 14
private- owned institutions."
However, he said
their graduates would be hired by both the government and private
sector, noting: "This is why we want to support both institutions."
Equally, Mr Kusaya
said the donated equipment would assist the institutions to establish
their e-labs with a TV set, laptops, desktops, routers, projectors and
mattresses as part of their plan to transform the agricultural training
institutions to become more digitalised.
Commenting,
Mlingano Agricultural Training Institute Rector, Samson Cheyo and
National Sugar Training Institute Principal, Aloyce Kasimili said the
support would assist them to address challenges they had been facing in
the teaching and learning process.
"We had a record of
teaching books' shortage, however, the equipment would revolutionise
the agricultural sector in the country and connect all agricultural
institutions and share the same materials," said Kasimili.
However, the principals promised to safeguard and own the equipment so that any future generation would inherit and use them.
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