Tanzania urged to learn from Singapore in education focus

Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development Deputy Minister Goodluck Ole-Medeye (C) awards

 (IAA) graduate Robert Patrick who emerged the best student in bachelor degree in accountancy.

Tanzania has been advised to learn from Singapore whose economy has improved following heavy investment in its education sector in the past few years promoting knowledge and skills of the people.

Speaking at the 15th graduation ceremony of the Institute of Accountancy Arusha (IAA) over the weekend in Arusha, Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development Deputy Minister Good luck Ole-Medeye said Singapore has improved the per capita income of its people by investing in education.

“The development of any country in the world including Tanzania depends on the level of investment in education. By investing in this sector Tanzania will automatically be promoting knowledge and skills,”he said.

Ole-Medeye warned the graduates against complacency, urging them to continue studying.

The Deputy Minister who awarded 1510 graduates who pursued courses offered by IAA, underscored that in recent years, the government has received a huge number of students who need to loans for studies in higher learning institutions but some of the students failed to qualify.

“I beg all parents who are able to pay fees of their children to do so because government’s efforts to serve the true need of the poor grounded students are reduced by the parents who are able to educate their children” he said
For her part, The IAA's board chairperson Mwanaidi Mtanda said that the institute plans to open centres in Mwanza Region and Babati district in Manyara Region for the purpose of reaching all people who needs

Mtanda also said that the IAA has started to collaborate with the Galgotius University from India to offer Masters of Science in Software Engineering, Computer Application and Masters of Science in Information Security starting this academic year.

“We are also teaming up with Coventry University to ensure our students can now access different courses offered outside the country, at affordable fees,” she said

She pointed out that IAA faces shortage of classrooms to accommodate the huge number of students studying at the institute.

“We are still reminding the Ministry of Finance for our proposal of the funds to assists us constructing the classrooms that will enable us to host the huge number of students admitted every academic year,” she said.

IAA Rector Johannes Monyo said the institute has started four postgraduate diploma programmes in Procurement and Supplies Management(PGDPSM), Postgraduate Diploma in Computing (PGDC) AND Postgraduate Diploma in Accountancy.

However, The Don also said that in their Dar es Salaam campus they have commenced with two postgraduates studies, the Postgraduate Diploma in Accountancy and Postgraduate Diploma in Procurement and Supplied Management (PGDPSM).

“Our mission is to provide high quality education in all fields of management, science and social sciences, with significant focus on accountancy. We will utilise technology and the latest thinking to ensure that the Institute’s graduates are competitive in the global market place” he said
He added: “We want to act as a hub for stakeholders to meet, learn, and share, by perpetual expansion and improvement of human and physical resources”
The Institute of Accountancy Arusha (IAA) is a parastatal educational institution established by the Institute of Accountancy Arusha Act of 1990. The overall control and supervision of the Institute is vested in its Governing Council. 

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN