For Tanzania to increase a chances of achieving its ambitious industrialization goals, it must improve its education standards, experts said during an open debate, which was organized by University of Dar es Salaam and Hakielimu.
The two-day debate is centred on improving education system so it can have a positive effect on industrialization and self-reliance.
Tanzania envisions to become a middle income semi-industrialized nation by 2025. To achieve that, the East African nation has set aside Tshs 600billion to facilitate higher education sector.
Gracing the open debate, the Minister of State in the President’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government), Mr Suleiman Jaffo, said by improving education standards, the government will increasing the chances of achieving its ambitious industrialization goals.
“Through education, the country will gain the much-needed ideas and skills to improve its (Tanzania’s) economic growth endeavours,” he said.
He said that there is a close relationship between quality education and industrial development. “This is the right time to identify the importance of relating our education system and the national economy in its current status.”
Jaffo admitted that there was a wide gap between what the education system produces and the country’s industrialization aspirations.
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