Tanzania says it is facing an acute shortage of technicians and architects

By Hazla Omar in Arusha

TANZANIA can be well taken into account when it comes to the number of skilled engineers working on various projects, but it appeared that the country is facing a shortage of technicians and architects to provide the Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, engineer Stella Manyanya, said that while the country s & # 39; s As it moved towards an industrial revolution and a stable economy through industrial development, it is necessary to have a wider base of technicians. and the architects who usually undertake the actual construction work on the site.

"When it comes to the engineering profession, we have all the high-level experts, but there is a shortage in the lower segment of the technicians doing the work." The Deputy Minister said:

She was speaking during the congregation of Engineers, Technicians and the Ark.It was organized by the Engineers Registration Board (ERB) and held at the Technical College of & #9 d. Arusha (ATC), where it was found that the country was facing a serious shortage of architects and technicians.

Ninatubu Lema, said the country had 22,230 engineers, including 2,200 women. [19659006] "There are about 1,000 technicians and architects together, but international requirements require that an on-site engineer works with five technicians and 25 architects." Said: "With such a demand, it means that the country still needs 110,000 architects and 550,000 technicians to complete the existing number of engineers. "

However, according to engineer Lema, there was still the possibility that some technicians and architects

We now encourage them to enlist with the Council engineers to be counted.

attracted technicians and architects enrolled in the Engineering Enrollment Office in 2014, just four years ago; so it is possible that there are a lot of lower level experts who are not yet enlisted in the commission, "said Professor Lema