Need for internet connection as Kashasha VTTC get computers.

By Kamala Submitted on 19 November, 2009 - 09:58
Mr jasson BM, KVTTC principal

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The Kashasha Vocational Training Centre (KVTTC) is in need of an Internet connection, as it has received a donation of 30 used computers from a Danish woman and a Tanzanian fellow living and working in the United Kingdom.

Talking to the citizen journalist who visited the Centre the principal, Mr Jasson BM, expressed his happiness: ”We are grateful to receive these computers, and we are now still faced with the challenge of assembling them and getting connected to the internet,” he said.

Mr Jasson said that the centre had sent one of its staff to attend a short course on computer application programs, but they are still lacking more skilled manpower. Villagers who live near the KVTTC are very interested in learning and accesing several computer services.

KVTTC got connected to Tanzanian national electric supply company (TANESCO) in 2007, which gave the centre access to power for 24 hours – far better than the previous power sourc,e which was from a generator which supplied unstable power for only five hours a day.

The need for and Internet connection is vital, as KVTTC is in Missenye district in Kagera region, an isolated area with no immediate means of accessing information. The residents get newspapers late (three days or more after the papers are printed), and transportation to any part of Tanzania takes a long time. An Internet connection will enable them to get news, to communicate with loved ones and to facilitate learning for the secondary  school students and vocational training centres in the area.

Other benefits will be information sharing, market prices and social networking issues.

KVTTC is surrounded by numerous wards and has trained a great number of people in masonry, plumbing and carpentry, and now wishes to add computer and internet services.

Mr. Jason complained about the high Internet costs, but the main stumbling block may involve limited personnel. The Seacom fibre-optic cable is being laid down to reach all Tanzania’s main districts.

Missenyi district is in Kagera region, in the north-western part of Tanzania and far from Tanzania’s main cities which makes the region seem forgotten in communication matters. Telecentres and one-stop centres would play a major role in connecting the area to the wider world.