POLITICAL SYSTEM SHOULD CHANGE EDUCATION SYSTEM AS IT'S AGAINST SELF-EMPLOYMENT.

TANZANIA EDUCATION SYSTEM ,AGAINST SELF EMPLOYMENT

Education system in Tanzainia does not prepare students to the extent that they can employ themselves after graduating their degree programs although there is an effort from some high learning institution to support graduates.

Speaking to The Hill Observer, the head of entrepreneurship centre of University of Dar es salaam Mr.Elia Yobu said that Tanzania education system prepare students to self employment  for  a very small extent.

Most of the youth would like to be employed because the society they are living expect their boys and girls to be employed after completing their degree program, added Mr Yobu.

“The big  problem is that many youth would like to be employed because of the education system we have and the environment, but also the society surrounding  them consider to be employed is a prestige, this is the problem” Yobu stressed.

Also Yobu added that there are some of them who employ themselves after completing their degree program but it mostly depends on their role models as the same as those who are not willing to employ themselves it’s because the family, relative or society surrounding  them doesn’t believe in self employment.

 Mr Yobu refuted the claim that capital is a set back toward self employment, because as educated person has already capitalized himself or herself, then doing business or whatever doesn’t need capital from financial institution.

“I think we do or they do a mistake some where when someone says capital is problem, because there are people who provide loans but the problem is to turn back the loan and getting loan from financial need a person who has already started the business” said Mr. Yobu who is head of entrepreneurship centre of University of Dar es salaam.

Further he said faith is the capital for any entrepreneur and you need to start some where then ask for financial support to improve the business not to start a business because many people asked capital from their family, friends and now are somewhere.

Pressure is now on university finalist across Tanzania mainland as days are numbered to complete their degree program with the question of employment.

Fabian Juma a finalist at university of Dodoma said that education system doesn’t prepare students to develop the idea of self employment because the government has been insisting claiming system rather than teaching entrepreneurship that is the source of employment.

“Tanzania education prepare student to be employed and not to be self employed thus why claiming is given a first priority, for example how can capitalism topic help a student to think of self employed”,Said Mr.Juma.

Also Fabian  added that employment  opportunity is very small comparing to the number of educated in the country, the solution is to think out of the box so that to over come the problem of employment soon after completing degree program.

Simforoza Nchimbi a finalist at Mkawa University said the question of being employed or self employment is fifty to fifty depending on the situation but my first option was to be employed at any institution in the country.

“am a teacher by professional, to be employed or not will depends on the situation at a particular time but I can do anything  like business if the environment will allow, am sure I can do”, Said Miss Nchimbi.

On the other side Bisako Fredy a finalist at IFM taking  Bachelor of arts in social Protection he said that it is hard to be employed as situation  looks because the system does not prepare student to be  self employed but you can be employed at any sector which is not your professional.

“it is hard to get employment direct at your own sector ,the issue is to struggle anywhere so that to get employment and I wont leave Dar es salaam, I will struggle  till the end although I don’t know how”,Bisako said.

Elizabeth Twelamila said being employed is her first priority but according to the situation there is no possibility to be employed soon after completing her degree program at the University of Dar es salaam.

When she was asked about self employment after graduation Miss Twelamila said there is that idea but the problem is capital although doing small business is her expectation because doesn’t need huge capital.

“I have an idea of being self employed but the problem is capital, I have every thing to employ my self but capital is a limit and am expecting to do small business which will not cost huge capital”, miss Twelamila insisted.

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