The Government in collaboration with various stakeholders in the transport sector is in the process of preparing proposals to enact legislation for the establishment of a Transport Board with the aim of identifying and registering transport professionals.
The statement was made at the end of the week by the Deputy Minister of Transport David Kihenzile at the 40th graduation of the National Institute of Transport (NIT), he said that the board will also be responsible for managing the professionalism and ethics of transport experts in the country.
He said that the establishment of the board set to ensure that all transportation works are managed by people with qualified professions.
"The government, in collaboration with various stakeholders including NIT, is in the process of preparing proposals to enact a law for the Board of Registration of transport experts, the aim of which is to identify, register and raise the ethics of transport experts in Tanzania Mainland to ensure that all the work of transportation is managed by people with qualified professions," said the Deputy Minister.
Speaking about NIT, Kihenzile said the government will continue to facilitate the NIT by improving its teaching infrastructure to ensure it fulfills its responsibilities of preparing experts, conducting research and providing professional advice in the transport sector for the sustainable development of the nation.
Kihenzile has also urged other stakeholders in transport sector to support the National Institute of Transport's efforts in providing practical training opportunities for its students and to develop the innovations produced in the Institute so that they can be used for the development of the country.
“I called the stakeholders in transport sector to support the efforts of NIT for its students to get practical training opportunities to develop their innovations,” he said.
Earlier, the NIT Rector, Engineer Dr. Prosper Mgaya said that about 4,176 graduates have been awarded certificates at various levels among them 2,581 men and 1,595 women.
Talking about the challenges, he said the Institute has had strategies to deal with them, including infrastructure and lack of human resources in parallel with the increase in student admissions by setting various strategies.
He said that along with the dormitories, NIT is building offices, classrooms and garages where a total of three buildings are being built and are expected to be completed in February 2025 where the construction is funded by the World Bank through the EASTRIP project.
He said that the Institute is also establishing new campuses in Lindi and Kilimanjaro regions to reduce the crowding of students in the Dar es Salaam campus and regarding human resources to deal with it, they continue to request employment permits from the Government to reduce the use of temporary lecturers.