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Former
President Mzee Ali Hassan Mwinyi has underscored the need for
Information Technology (IT) for economic development and urged IT
institutes in the country to stand out as pioneers in meeting the
required demand to equip professionals with quality IT and business
relevant skills.The retired second phase president
expressed his concern yesterday in Dar es Salaam at the 13th graduation
ceremony whereby he conferred certificates for diplomas, advanced and
degrees in IT and business disciplines to about 130 IT professionals
graduating at different levels including Masters Degree at the Institute
of Information Technology (IIT).
The institute is affiliated with NCC
education, the University of Greenwich and Pearson Vue, which has been
making it a one stop training and certification centre in the country
for 23 years since its inception whereby it has trained over 12,000
graduates.
At present, the institute offers courses
in two major areas of studies, international programs at the level of
diploma in Computer Studies and Information Technology as well as
business studies which are internationally recognized.It also offers one International Advanced
Diploma in Business, Bachelor’s degrees in Business Studies as well as
in business information technology, plus a Master of Science degree
programs in strategic business information technology.
In his speech, Mzee Mwinyi noted that the
institute’s affiliation with outstanding centers of learning abroad has
enabled it to transfer much needed knowledge and skills for the
country’s social and economic development.
This affiliation with internationally
renowned centers of learning means that the courses offered at IIT are
also world class, he emphasized.
In a relatively brief period, IT and
transfer of technology has been universally accepted as a major way
through which a developing country like Tanzania could catch up with
developed countries in terms of knowledge and skills.
“The knowledge and IT training skills
provided by IIT is a springboard for rapid advancement of our people and
the nation at large. Your graduation is just the beginning of a new
journey in which you will prove your real worth at the work place,” he
cautioned the graduates.
He also counseled the graduands that in
whatever they would plan to do for development they should seek out a
passion for excellence and ne ready to develop and learn more ideas to
grasp things better.
Earlier the IIT Executive Director Moiz
Salemwalla said that the institute is fully committed to offering the
highest quality, developing and introducing new courses. The major
intention of the institute is to gain the right competencies for either
self employment or joining the job market, he said.In July this year this institute is going
to start a CBET Degree program approved by the National Council for
Technical Education (NACTE), developed with assistance of senior experts
from the Netherlands, he said.
The program would develop and make experts
learn new innovations on teaching methodology and IT innovations to
enable them acquire relevant, up to date and comprehensive skills, he
added.
SOURCE:
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY
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