The government has been advised to speed up preparation of curricula at all levels of education to focus on developing graduates who can employ themselves.
Eng. Emmanuel Ole Naiko
The call was made by retired civil servant, Eng. Emmanuel Ole Naiko, who was chief guest at the 31st graduation ceremony of Moringe secondary School in Monduli District, Arusha Region over the weekend. Mr Ole Naiko who is also Honourary Botswana Ambassador to Tanzania said it was an open secret that the current curricula do not produce graduates needed in the job market.
“Majority of those of complete studies at different levels do not possess qualities needed by employers today,” he said. He said the current sorry situation was contrary to what was the case in the past, where graduates were able to employ themselves in various fields after completing school.
“They were able to employ themselves because they were equipped with knowledge and skills needed out there,” he noted. He said that it was not possible to reverse globalization but what is needed now is to learn how to reap benefits that result out of this global trend and minimise their effects on the country. “We have to learn how to benefit from globalization,” he said.
“Malaysia is one of examples of countries that benefited from globalization that is why our country has decided to learn from that country,” he explained. He pointed out that Malaysia is one of the fastest developing countries in the world and that by buying a leaf from the Asian country, Tanzania can train well her youths and help in achieving development through ‘Big Results Now’ initiative.
Mr Ole Naiko who studied at the school in 1960’s by then called Monduli Middle School congratulated graduates for the level achieved in their carrier development. In an endeavour to help the school, Mr Ole Naiko initiated the campaign to look for funds to buy science and arts text books.
“I know the government will provide money for buying the books, but they will not be enough I request the school board to device a better way of looking for funds to buy the books that will be put in the library,” he said.
To keep the ball rolling, he pledged a donation of 1.2m/- while the Monduli Member of Parliament, Mr Edward Lowassa pledged 500,000/- and a businessman, Mr Shubash Patel pledged 1m/.
Source Tanzania Daily News
