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Dar es Salaam. The government has secured a $ 6 million grant from the World Bank to improve the skills of the country's workforce.
Funds will be injected into the new Skills Development Fund (SDF). During the launch of the SDF in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the Fund Coordinator, Assela Luena, said the money would be used – as per requirements – in a five-year period and will specifically seek to modify skills. young people so that they can work effectively in the sectors of agriculture, agribusiness, tourism and the hotel industry. Other sectors include energy, construction, transport and logistics as well as information and communication technologies (ICTs). She said that at the present time there were a number of young graduates from higher education, but the courses they attended in colleges did not meet current requirements of the market.
"It is the young people who will benefit from the SDS. It is estimated that more than 800,000 Tanzanian youth – including recent university graduates – enter the labor market each year, but a number remain unemployed for months or years due to factors related to the education system and lack of education. entrepreneurial skills. Other factors include limitations on access to credit facilities, a system that traditionally focuses on the formal sector, an unattractive agricultural sector, gender imbalance and lack of access to credit facilities. ;information.
The project will reach 30,000 young short-term and long-term training programs.
"We already have the money, and we now invite training institutions, public and private, to submit their proposals that are relevant to the six priority sectors," said Ms. Luena.
In the pilot phase, the government has already received sixteen proposals. The Fund covers universities, other colleges of higher education, vocational training centers as well as organizations that offer informal training programs.
A representative of the Tanzanian Private Sector Foundation (TPSF), Mr. Edward Furaha, said that relief to members of the business community who are forced to incur costs to retrain their employees. The teacher. Joyce Ndalichako, Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, said the SDF will be administered by the National Council of Skills. "This advice will help advise on the skill needs and the number of people needed in this particular area," she said.
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