By Makundi Senzota
Delegates from the World Bank visited Arusha Technical College to assess and get feedback on the progress of the East African Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP) activities for the financial year 2021/2022.
The Arusha Technical College EASTRIP Assistant Project Coordinator Mr. Ramadhani Issa presented to the officials the project progress to show various achievements, obstacles and way forward.
In his report, Mr. Ramadhani presented achievements that ATC has so far attained. “Through the EASTRIP Project we managed to procure some items including three cars one of them being the bus which is responsible for taking our students from one campus to another, we have also procured a consultant for the design of various infrastructures at our new Campus,” Mr. Ramadhan explained.
Mr. Ramadhan added, “we have also succeeded to conduct tracer study on the employment outcomes of ATC graduates for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 where statistics show that the employment rate of ATC graduates keep on increasing” Mr. Ramadhani added.
On their side, the world Bank officials congratulated the ATC team for the great achievement and urged them to keep on moving fast. Furthermore, they insisted on adding more efforts on enrolling female students even by offering scholarships since their number is relatively low compared to male students despite various enrolment techniques that have been applied.
The Writer is a Public Relations Officer at Arusha Technical College
