PARENTS who intend
to send their children to technical colleges have been advised to use the
online system which was launched recently by the National Council for Technical
Education (Nacte) to avoid joining bogus colleges.
“Students pursuing
first degrees, diplomas and certificates in any recognized middle level
colleges in the country will from now on be enrolled via the launched Central
Admission System (CAS),” said Nacte acting Executive Secretary, Dr Adolf
Rutayunga when launching the online registration system.
The online system
showed fruitful results after years of being tested, and the authorities look
forward to addressing the challenges that afflict students during the admission
period.
“The new system
will curb the use of forged certificates, whereby you will be required to fill
your Advance Level (A-Level) or Ordinary Level (O-Level) index numbers, which
will give no chance to those who failed,” he said.
It is also meant
to put in check anyone using fake certificates as the system is connected
directly to the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational
Training to detect and recognize the index numbers.
However, this will
ensure the Council achieves its core function of making sure the technical
colleges produce qualified products at the end of the training. The NACTE
online system is expected to waive the costs that applicants were incurring
during admission time.
The cost effective
system will help applicants to save 10,000/- to 15,000/- they were spending on
buying application forms at various colleges, and the application process time
will be reduced.
Even more
important to note is that double admission will have no chance in this system
and more students are expected to have the opportunity to achieve their dreams.
According to Nacte during the conventional system or filling forms days, one
applicant
could have been
selected in more than two colleges, hence distort the admission opportunities
which deprived some potential candidates from gaining admission. Most
important, perhaps, students will be assured of enrolling only in accredited
institutions.
Given that there
are a number of unregistered technical colleges which do not meet standards and
therefore provides mediocre education. The consequences are based on producing
tutorial assistants who are incompetent, due to the poor learning environment
that these graduates have gone through including lack of teaching aids.
Therefore under
the new order only those recognized technical colleges which meet the standards
will be in the list of school choices so as to save parents and students from
travelling from one college to another searching for better and quality education.
This occurs when
such substandard colleges are banned or shutdown which brings a lot of
inconvenience to the parents in terms of finances and time.
Regarding further
benefits of using the system, the acting executive secretary, said it will also
help the government to have accurate data on students securing admission to
different institutions and identify with ease those who are qualified.
Manpower in any
industrialised country is as important as the capital itself, therefore, if we
have plan of being industrialized country we need to produce more technicians
and engineers to run the industries machines and through CAS it is easy for the
government to know number of technicians to help in its development plans.
The enrollment
through the newly introduced electronic system will start effective 2016/2017
academic year. “We would like to announce that, application for certificate and
diploma programmes by using CAS will officially start through our website
www.nacte. go.tz,” he said the Nacte boss.
In another effect,
the system will be used in applying and coordinating training programmes for
all institutions registered with Nacte. The new system was developed last year
and was first used to streamline the admission of students to different
colleges for certificate and diploma programmes in health and education
colleges.
“The council has
been working in collaboration with the Tanzania Commission for Universities
(TCU) in coordinating the admission of students to different universities for
first degree programmes through the system,” he said.
The launch of the
system means that all applications by students must be channelled through CASAs
regulator the Council has established a framework that sets the quality
standards for all technical education and training institutions.
The framework
guides registration and accreditation of institutions and upholds standards in
provision of technical education. According to Nacte, currently there are 514
colleges countrywide offering technical education under its supervision.
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