Press Release: Vice Chancellors and Policy makers meet to shape the future of higher education in EAC
Press Release: Vice Chancellors and Policy makers meet to shape the future of higher education in EAC
DIT Mwanza Industry collaborations to promote skills development in leather industry
By Juma Magambo DIT Mwanza in Tanzania is committed to achieving academic excellence through building and nurturing relationships with other non-project national TVET Institutes. This commitment is aimed at connecting our on-campus learning with the real needs of other TVET institutions. Under the EASTRIP Project, the centre is working with two training institutions along the […]
Ethiopian Technical University strengthens Industry-University collaborations for skills development
By Sahleselassie Teka Tedla for students we offer with pleasure and schedule abacus market is a tough questions nowadays in africa regarding to our 2022 report with first PM born in Tanzania Universities are recognized as sources of knowledge creation, innovation and technological advances. Across the globe, they are being positioned as strategic assets in […]
IUCEA contracts Cadena international to facilitate harmonization of TVET qualifications and occupational standards
By Godwin Bonge Muhwezi IUCEA, the EASTRIP Regional Facilitation Unit, has contracted Cadena International Development Projects as a consulting firm to facilitate the harmonisation occupational standards and qualifications framework. The contract signing took place at IUCEA Head Office in Kampala, Uganda. Speaking after the contract signing, the EASTRIP Regional Project Coordinator, Dr. Cosam Joseph congratulated […]
NIT new system to manage traffics at railway-road junctions
By Prosper Makene National Institute of Transport (NIT) in Tanzania has introduced a new technology of Railway Junction Control System as a move to manage traffics at railway and road junctions countrywide. Speaking to NIT’s, the Institute’s system coordinator Victor Nkwera said: “We are going to establish traffic lights and automated gates at railway-road junctions […]
Students at Kisumu National Polytechnic showcase innovative designs in skills competition
By Laura Miranyi Africa’s quest for accelerated growth and sustainable development can only be achieved through a radical economic transformation. Technical and Vocational Training institutions have majorly played a key role in promoting economic growth and narrowing existing technical skills gap. The Kisumu National Polytechnic in Kanya (the Regional Flagship TVET Institute for Textile Technology […]
IUCEA in partnership with Guangzhou Technician College hold a webinar on industry demand analysis for TVET
By Godwin Bonge Muhwezi Conducting industry demand analysis is important for Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutes to develop curricula that respond to industry needs. It is against this background that the Inter University Council of East Africa (IUCEA), the EASTRIP Regional Facilitation Unit, in partnership with Guangzhou Technician College (GTC), organized a webinar […]
NIT partnership with Air Tanzania to reduce the cost of training pilots abroad
By Prosper Makene The National Institute of Transport (NIT) in Tanzania has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) to bring efficiency in the aviation industry. Speaking to journalists shortly after renewing the MoU in NIT’s Mabibo campus, Dar es Salaam end of this week, ATCL Ladislaus Matindi said that […]
IUCEA in partnership with Guangzhou Technician College conduct capacity building webinar on TVET reforms in China
By Godwin Bonge Muhwezi The Inter University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), the EASTRIP Regional Facilitation Unit, in partnership with Guangzhou Technician College held a capacity building webinar on: “Overview of Vocational Education Reform in China”. The webinar, which took place on 25th May 2021, is part of the IUCEA and Guangzhou Technician College (GZTC) to […]
NIT students in Tanzania introduce bus sensor technology to help passengers to track routes for commuter buses
By Prosper Makene Students at the National Institute of Transport (NIT)’ have developed an innovative tracking sensor which gives passengers at bus stations information on all routes of commuter bus. Speaking at the climax of the National Competition of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MAKISATU) 2021 in Dodoma, Prof. Zacharia Mganilwa said: “Our students have attended […]