Tanzania has started implementing its plan to enhance its human
resource capacity in the oil and gas sector over recent discoveries of huge gas
fields.
Through Marshall Plan on Capacity Building and Development in Oil and
Gas industry programme, about 30 to 50 Tanzanians will be trained in bachelor
and masters degree levels in professions related to oil and gas.
The plan was revealed during the ministry of Energy and Minerals Budget
speech, whereby more than Sh641 billion was approved with more than Sh531
billion, 82.8 per cent for development projects and more than 17 billion for
recurrent.
“In this programme, the ministry will partner with Tanzania Petroleum
Development Corporation and use the fund for human resource development which
is from the contracts in extraction and sharing of oil and natural gas with
development partners,” Energy and Minerals minister Prof Sospeter Mhongo told
the House.
To implement the programme, Prof Mhongo said his ministry has started
in this FY sponsoring 10 best A-level students at Physics, Chemistry and
Mathematics whose plan is to pursue their bachelor degree in Oil and Gas at the
University of Dodoma.
Besides, the ministry will contribute to costs incurred by students
selected to study oil and gas field at certificate and diploma levels at
Mineral Resources Institute in Dodoma.
Already, the University of Dar es Salaam has started with preparations
of the prospectus for master’s degree in gas and oil ready to admit students in
these areas. Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology will also help with the
preparation of the diploma and bachelor degree syllabi.
“Sponsored students will start studies in 2013/2014 academic year,”
said Prof Mhongo.
The ministry stepping on enhancing the human resource in the gas and
oil responds to the raised concern over Tanzania limited trained staffs in the
petroleum exploration and developments.
Dr Haji Semboja in his research ‘Petroleum Exploration Study’ in 2009
found that Tanzania had developed a complex policy and legal framework
facilitation optimal utilization of domestic human resources in the petroleum
exploration industry.
“It is complex because the government had adopted a set of specific
approaches through production sharing agreement that are more in line with the
liberalized labour market, socio-economic realities of Tanzania and that of the
contemporary world,” noted Dr Semboja.
And that the situation requires the citizens to compete for the jobs in
employment on the basis of their skills and work experience.
“However, on the other hand it is aware of our human resource
constraints that Tanzanians do not have qualifications, experience and skills
to compete in this market,” said Dr Semboja
Adding that the country has very few trained, skilled, experienced and
professional local manpower to support increasing petroleum activities, which
implies that rights of Tanzanians to be recruited, engaged and developed are
limited.
Source: The Citizen,http://www.dailynews.co.tz, reported by Felix Lazaro
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