Asas: Education in international schools is the best education that prepares students to compete globally

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Salim Asas has praised the school's presence in Iringa saying international school helps Iringa region to be

recognized in the provision of international education.

Asas said the government has every reason to invite international schools to help more students in Tanzania to learn in those schools but also attract more visitors from abroad and overseas.

This was disclosed on Friday when the school was celebration International Night, which was a day of the school with students of primary and secondary more than 100, held at the school premises.

He said education in international schools is the best education that prepares students to compete globally in any country in the world.

Iringa International School (IIS) has called on the government of Dr John Magufuli to establish a special program to importing and using of various new technologies for the development of the country.

The government should also provide educational funding for various categories of students by taking them

to learn in countries with such technology.

According to the Iringa International School (IIS) Education Board Member, Edwin Port, the school has asked the government to use the wealth of Mtwara gas to continue to improve the environment and education delivery systems and distribute evenly to speed up a landmark in the industry.

The Education Board Member, Edwin Port, said that the country is blessed with a lot mineral resources and if they

can be well utilized and empowers a lot citizen with quality education there will be no more poverty in Tanzania.

He said that the country if will invest heavily in education and use new technologies for development and provide educational funding for various students; it will allow greater economic revolution as substantial investments will be made in the education sector.

"Tanzania can be like Japan which today has made great strides after the developed world to take his people in various countries where they learn the technology so that it will become one nation among industrialized countries," he said.

He said when Japan was sending his people in other countries and in the developed nations to borrow technology it was not a major producer of cars but right now; its vehicles are sold every country in the world.

He said Tanzania can become the industrial country if will use various new technologies for the development as it was done in Japan.

“We need to invest in education sector and the use of new technology for national development. Many schools in the country need talented and compatible international schools to enlarge many professionals for the benefit of the country,” Port emphasized.

On her part, the Head of Administration of the school, Jean Milliken said; "Because our school is international, we have regularly each year to have this international day; we celebrate our nationality because we come from different nations."

Milliken said through that day; staff, students and parents and guardians makes ceremony to show their country of origin including cultures and foods eaten by those states and to perform content in different ways to promote the education sector.

Iringa International School was started in 1993 by a group of expatriate and local parents in Iringa to provide a sound education of international standard for children in the Southern Highlands region of Tanzania.

It is a parent-owned, non-profit-making school run by a Board of Management elected annually from among the body of parents.

The school started as a Primary School with 12 students and two full-time teachers, and has since added on a Pre-School, Middle School, 'O' levels (Key Stages 1-4) and boarding facilities.

IIS has been authorized as an official Cambridge International School. Currently it is offer IGCSE and A level courses.

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