Tanzania government to train linguistic experts to teach Kiswahili in SADC countries
Director of Information Services, Dr Hassan Abbas
What you need to know:
The Tanzania National Council for Kiswahili (Bakita) has registered some 708 Kiswahili teachers ahead of training meant to prepare local experts to teach Kiswahili language in SADC countries.
Dar es Salaam. Government has embarked on preparing teachers who are set to teach Kiswahili language in SADC countries including Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
This was said by the Director of Information Services, Dr Hassan Abbas today at a news conference in Dar es Salaam
He further revealed that the National Council for Kiswahili (Bakita) has registered some 708 Kiswahili teachers ahead the refresher course.
The move to recruit teachers came after the President John Magufuli held official talks with Heads of some SADC countries on the possibility of deploying Tanzanian teachers to teach Kiswahili in those countries.
"Doubling of efforts is necessary to recruit our local linguistic experts so as to improve their capacities to teach Kiswahili to foreigners, " said Dr Abbas.
He added: "I therefore encourage more Tanzanian teachers to turn in a large number at Bakita offices and register their names for the advanced training."
Referring to the upcoming SADC Summit scheduled to be held in Tanzania; Dr Abbas reiterated government’s determination to host the Summit, saying the government was well prepared to accommodate the delegates to the summit.
