68 colleges in danger of closure over registration BY WARYOBA YANKAMI 21st July 2014 Email Print National Council for Technical Education (NACTE) Colleeges operating without valid registration or approved accreditation by the National Council for Technical Education (NACTE) have been given a one month ultimatum or face legal action. The one month notice begun as of yesterday when the council ordered that all affected institutions are to apply for re-affirmation as required by the law or risk closure of their establishment and subsequent pursuant of legal actions against owners and management. “The council is hereby giving a one month notice from the date of this notice to all technical institutions whose registration or accreditation statuses have expired to apply for re-affirmation as required by the law,” reads a press statement released yesterday by the council which noted that at least 53 institutes fall in this category. Also, the statement mentioned another group of at least 15 institutes which it reports do not have any form of registration whatsoever. “The Council is also giving a fourteen days (14) notice from the date of this notice to all technical institutions earlier served with compliance notices to comply with the said notices.” “Further notice is given that, failure to comply with this notice shall automatically lead to revocation of all status granted by the Council and imminent closure of the technical institutions as provided for by the law,” warns the released statement. Over a telephone interview with The Guardian, NECTA Executive Secretary, Dr Premus Nkwera, said that many of the none complacent institutions were already informed of their illegal statuses up to two years ago yet to date they have failed to update their status. “The council has the mandate to close any institution whether public or private if it is found not to comply with the law,” he explained. “These colleges are supposed to re-apply for their status six months before the expiry of their legal documents but they continue to deter from the set regulations,” he decried. “We are serious on this issue and once these notices expire, we shall close all such colleges,” he warned. Colleges mentioned in the statement include public owned ones like the two branches of the Tanzania Public Services Colleges in Mbeya and Tanga. Also in trouble is the renowned National Institute of Transport of Dar es Salaam. Below is a list of some of the other institutes issued with notices: Machame Nursing school in Hai, University Computing Centre of Mbeya, Zanzibar Institute of Financial Administration (ZIFA), Morogoro school of journalism, Mtwara School of Nursing. College of Business Education in Mbeya, Institute of Rural Development Planning (IRDP) of Dodoma, Tanzania Utalii College of Dar es Salaam in Mbeya, Civil Aviation Training Centre of Dar es Salaam, KCMC School AMO Radiology of Moshi, The Sinon College in Dar es Salaam and the Royal Pharmacy Training Institute of Dar es Salaam. SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:06:59 +0000