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Zanzibar inmates to receive accounting, entrepreneurship training
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Zanzibar inmates to receive accounting, entrepreneurship training

From Mwananchi · () Swahili

Translated from Swahili, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Tanzania's Institute of Accountancy (TIA) and Zanzibar's Correctional Training College have signed a cooperation agreement.
  • The pact aims to provide accounting, finance, entrepreneurship, and ICT training to inmates and prison officers.
  • This initiative seeks to equip prisoners with skills for self-employment or employment after their release.

Inmates and prison staff in Zanzibar will soon have opportunities to learn accounting, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), entrepreneurship, and financial management skills. This initiative stems from a cooperation agreement signed between the Tanzania Institute of Accountancy (TIA) and the Zanzibar Correctional Training College.

This collaboration aims to provide various training to the college's students and officers, simultaneously developing suitable curricula, conducting research, and fostering innovation to produce more professionals.

— Professor William PallangyoSpeaking at the signing ceremony of the agreement at the Prisons headquarters in Ziwani, Zanzibar.

The agreement, covering 14 areas of collaboration, will provide both inmates and college staff with various training programs. These programs are designed to impart professional and practical skills for their future lives. The goal is to foster positive change by equipping individuals with the knowledge needed for self-reliance.

TIA's Executive Director, Professor William Pallangyo, stated that the collaboration aims to improve the quality of training and benefit the nation. He emphasized that upon release, former inmates should be able to integrate back into society by being employable or starting their own businesses, thereby creating jobs. The partnership will also enhance financial management and business operation skills, boosting the institutions' capacity to deliver better services.

Our goal is to ensure we improve the training provided and bring benefits to the nation. We expect that those who have served their sentences will return to society with the ability to be employed, if possible, or to become self-employed and create jobs.

— Professor William PallangyoExplaining the objectives of the training programs for inmates.

Omar Salum Mgaza, Deputy Commissioner of the Zanzibar Correctional Training College, described the agreement as a new chapter in education for inmates and staff. The training will cover accounting programs, financial management, entrepreneurship, ICT, valuation, library services, and research and innovation. TIA has pledged to fulfill its obligations with accountability and professionalism to ensure the set objectives are met.

This agreement opens a new chapter in the provision of education for inmates and staff of this college.

— Omar Salum MgazaCommenting on the significance of the cooperation agreement.
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Originally published by Mwananchi in Swahili. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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