Give students overseas exposure in their practical training - Kilaini

The Auxiliary Bishop of Dar es Salaam Arch Diocese, Methodius Kilaini, has underscored the importance of sending college and university students for practical training out of the country to provide them with exposure in different fields.

Kilaini said this on Monday in Dar es Salaam when biding farewell to 15 third-year students from Daughters of Maculate Institute (DMI) - St. Joseph Group of Institutions who left on the same day for a two months practical training in India.

It is very significant to send ICT and engineering college students for practical training outside the country. This will enable them get exposure and knowledge exchange that will help them to cope with job market, he said.

He said India was among the world lead countries in ICT and engineering where students are employed even before finishing their course because of quality education they have.

Today my dream for sending students to India has come true. I am sure that after the two months practical training the students will acquire good knowledge in their field of studies. This will help them to enter in job competition, he said
He appealed to the students to behave well in order to give good image of Tanzania.

Speaking on behalf of the students, a third year diploma student in the faculty of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Lughano Kusiluka, said that the students expected to get enough knowledge from different engineering industries that they will visit in India.

India is advanced in the field of ICT and we are going to utilize this opportunity correctly to ensure that we come back with skills that will help our country develop on ICT sector, he said.

He said his team was prepared to represent the country and was ready to meet any challenge that they might face during the field training.