The government of Tanzania said on Wednesday that the third Five-Year Development Plan’s goal is to reduce unemployment from 9% in 2019 to 8% by 2025–2026.
Dr. Joyce Ndalichako, minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office Work, Youth, Employment and the Disabled, said that one of the steps the government will take to accomplish that goal is developing skills.
As a result, the government will increase the number of graduates who receive on-the-job training as part of its measures to support young people in the development of their skills.
“We believe that the solution to unemployment lies in adequate collaboration with employers through their association on issues such as lack of skills for young people and on-job-training opportunities,” said Dr. Joyce Ndalichako.
According to her, the third Five-Year Development Plan (2021/22 – 2025/26) will help the government to increase the number of graduates with apprenticeship training from 46,000 in 2019/20 to 231,000 by 2025/26. The goal of training is to increase the number of graduates from 30,000 in 2019–20 to 150,000 in 2025–2026.
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The Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE) chairman Oscar Mgaya, the organization has a three-year business strategy (2023–25) that aims to persuade businesses to support a dynamic and sustainable economy. The idea urges businesses to support people in acquiring the skills required for both domestic and foreign labor markets.
“Improving the laws and systems that regulate labor and employment issues to bring productivity to the workplace and continue to generally stimulate the participation of the private sector in developing the economy of our country in collaboration with various development stakeholders including the government,” said Mr. Mgaya.
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