The Head of Administration of the Iringa International School (IIS), Jean Milliken (2nd L) speaks to the members of media before the start of celebration of International Night yesterday which was a fiftieth anniversary since the school started in 1993. She was accompanied by Education Board Member, Edwin Port (on the extreme left).
A cross section of pupils at Iringa International School (IIS), performing on the stage during the celebration of International Night which is a fiftieth anniversary since the school started yesterday.
Iringa International School (IIS) has called on the government of Dr John Magufuli to establish a special program to importation and use of various new technologies for the development of the country to 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 in order to distribute evenly and speed up a milestone in the industry.
Edwin Port made the appeal 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 that the country blessed with a lot mineral resources and they can well utilized and empower 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 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.
Referring to the education sector and the use of technology for national development, Porch said; "Many schools in the country needs talented and compatible international schools to enlarge many professionals for the benefit of the country.
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 but one family."
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.
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Salim Asas praised the school's presence in Iringa saying international school helps Iringa region recognition in the provision of international education.
He said the government has every reason to invite international schools to help more students in Tanzania to learn in those schools but also attract visitors from abroad.
Asas said education in international schools is the best education that prepares students to compete globally in any country in the world is characterized by what is developed in the country. End
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