S. Korea offers 10 maths, science teachers to TZ
President of the Korean Institute for International Education Kim Kwang-ho and the Permanent Secretary of the ministry of Education, Ms Maimuna Tarishi, sign the Memorandum of Understanding in Dar es Salaam yesterday. PHOTO | CORRESPONDENT
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The dispatch of teachers, which is the beginning of an educational relationship between the two countries, will be continuous and is also part of efforts to reduce the shortage of instructors in key subjects in the country, a statement released by the Korean Embassy yesterday said.
Dar es Salaam. The National Institute for International Education of the Republic of Korea (oterwise referred to as South Korea) is offering Tanzania 10 teachers for secondary school mathematics and science as part of efforts to enhance collaboration in educational issues between the two countries.
The dispatch of teachers, which is the beginning of an educational relationship between the two countries, will be continuous and is also part of efforts to reduce the shortage of instructors in key subjects in the country, a statement released by the Korean Embassy yesterday said.
About 20,000 mathematics and science teachers are needed to fill the gap in Tanzanian schools.
On Monday the president of the Korean Institute for International Education (NIIED), Mr Kim Kwang-ho signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ministry of Education permanent secretary Maimuna Tarishi on Korean teachers to Tanzania plan.
Yesterday, Mr Kim visited the University of Dar es Salaam where he met with the lecturers and students and gave a presentation on Korea’s development experience and how education played a major role. On the his country’s teachers who are to work in Tanzania, he said: “The Korean Teachers Dispatching Programme is a very meaningful since it is a channel in sharing the story of Korea’s development through education and helping our partners in developing countries in their development process,” Mr Kim said.
The Korean Teachers Dispatching Programme (KTDP) was launched in 2013 under the aim to share Korea’s development experience with developing countries through education, and until now the Asian country has availed a total of 61 teachers to countries in Africa, Central Asia, and Latin America. In 2016, NIIED will be dispatching 140 teachers to 15 destinations.
