More
than 7,000 youths from secondary schools and vocational training
colleges are expected to benefit from a three-year project on
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Entrepreneurship
Skills being executed by World Vision Tanzania.
World Vision Project Coordinator, Nengarivo Teveli told the press
on Thursday in Dar es Salaam that such skills would prepare youths to
employ themselves and also be able to solve other social challenges
after graduating.
The project, dubbed Cycle of Transformation expected to cover 25
schools and vocation colleges, was being funded by the Department for
International Development (DfID) of the United Kingdom and would benefit
300 youths from each centre.
“At least 7,500 youths from 25 schools and vocational training
colleges in Arusha, Moshi, Manyara and Tanga regions will benefit from
the project in the three years of the project’s implementation,”
Nengarivo said.
According to her, besides building capacity to the students, the
project would also create employment opportunities to them after
completion of their education.
The provision of ICT skills will also help students in advancing
the development of science and technology. The youths are to be provided
with various social, economic and technological skills as well as being
provided with entrepreneurship skills and being connected with the
market.
“This will help students to have first experience while they are at
school or college, a factor that builds confidence in them and forces
them to engage in other development and economic businesses after their
school. This will also help them to access employment opportunities more
easily due to their good experience.
Regional Coordinator from the Small Industries Development
Organization (SIDO) Nina Nchimbi explained that, through the project,
SIDO would collaborate with World Vision Tanzania to train youths
various entrepreneurship skills, as well as providing business
techniques that would help them to be competitive in the market.
“The training will give them confidence to start their own business and make some good profit,” Nina explained
“We are doing this purposely to help youths to get employment soon
after graduating, because we are to provide general business skills
which, after studies, a student can be able to come up with any business
and generate income,” she added.
Salistine Hano, a Community Development Officer at Ngorongoro
Conservation Area, said the project was useful to youths because it will
build creativity in them. Instead of waiting to be employed they will
create their own employment opportunity, which will also benefit the
surrounding community.
The development officer added that a number of youths in Ngorongoro
had started benefiting from the project whereby students trained in ICT
while some of them used it to promote the area.
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