THE government of Canada has expressed willingness to provide mining professionals to train at various technical colleges in the country.
This was said recently by the Minister for Education, Science and Technology Prof Adolf Mkenda after inspecting the progress of the construction of Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA) College in Geita.
Prof Mkenda said his ministry in collaboration with the Ministry of Minerals has already held talks with the Canadian Embassy in Tanzania, who have shown willingness to provide experts who will come and train at VETA colleges. He said the move aims to promote the mining sector.
“Mining companies from Canada would really like to collaborate with our institutions to help them provide training and increase the number of mineral experts,” said Prof Mkenda.
“They are ready to work with us, so that we can continue to make remarkable progress in the education and mining sectors,” he said.
He said the ministry is working on coming up with a new curricula, improve infrastructures and equipment to help young people study in a conducive environment and enter mining industry.
Prof Mkenda tasked contractors of the Geita VETA College project to speed the construction for it to be completed by the end of November.
Project Consultant, from Arusha Technical College, Eng Richard Idelya said the project is now 94 per cent complete.
Initially, he said the project was supposed to be handed over ton October 30th, 2022 but it had to be delayed due to various reasons.
