Tansania erhält Förderung zur Transformation der Berufsbildung

Sh22 billion from GIZ to transform vocational education training

The Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA) expects major changes in the next three years in enrollment areas that will lead the authority to achieve the goal of producing more skilled labour-force for industries by 2025, it has been stated.

In line with this, the authority has identified four priority areas from the Sh22 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between VETA and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) on Thursday as catalysts to expand training level in the country.

The GIZ Employment and Skills for Development in Africa Programme (E4D), an innovative public-private partnership programme implemented in seven African countries, would among other things enhance the technical capacity of VETA in terms of training, equipment and meeting industry standards.

The MoU, which was signed in Dodoma, would also facilitate matching services that lead to job and internship placements for artisans and provide financial support in tuition fees to about 5,700 disadvantaged beneficiaries.

According to the parties, both will lead coordination of the Skills Development Working Group to ensure best practices, lessons and collaborations in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) are promoted among key stakeholders in the country.

The permanent secretary in the ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Prof Eliamani Sedoyeka, noted that the E4D Project would contribute a lot to the country’s development plans and strategies.