Tanzania graduates told to go internationally

Tanzanians have been advised to compete for jobs at international level instead of depending on the local market alone.

The statement was made by the former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, who is also KIU Vice Chancellor during the 11th graduation ceremony of the Kampala International University, Dar es Salaam Constituent College.

Mwinyi decried the rush of the majority public for material wealth at the cost of others in the society advising young elites not to get involved in illegal practices.

He told the outgoing students to be aware of their potentials to the nation and family members by ensuring that the education they have obtained at the college enables them to become role models in the communities they live.

“You should use the education and knowledge you have acquired at the college with diligence to achieve your lives expectations” he said.

Speaking in the same line, Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Membe said there was a need for the government to re-establish local manufacturing industries in order to create enough employment opportunities to majority young graduands.

Membe said the university alumni have for long been left without jobs despite being surrounded by unexploited job opportunities.

“We will only reduce unemployment rate if we re-introduce industrial sector in the country. Tanzania Commission for University (TCU) needs to grant a status of fully fledged University to KIU to allow the Constituent College in Dar es Salaam to issue certificates to graduands” he said.

He said it was absurd for students to travel to Kampala just to get their certificates while there is possibility for such certificates to be issued at its campus in Dar es Salaam.

He advised graduands to search for jobs despite challenges facing the labor market saying they should never give up the exercise.

The ceremony that saw more than 1000 graduates from different faculties at its Dar es Salaam campus, 523 being females and 608 males, also witnessed the former President Mwinyi being conferred with an honorary Doctor of Science degree.