TANROADS Boss calls for competence enhancement for improved productivity*
_*He hails Dr Samia for supporting local contractors_
Dar es Salaam,
10 March, 2024
THE Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS)'s Chief Executive, Eng. Mohamed Besta has called on government entities to enhance competence in all professions and fields, for improved productivity.
He also praises President Samia and his Sixth Government for supporting the engineering sector, particularly local contractors by giving those projects to implement.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam recently, Eng. Besta said, the country would maintain cutting edge productivity and stay competitive, if all its professionals and field men were continuously enhanced in skills and knowledge.
He said, professionals and other skills bearers should embrace continuous improvement of their skills and; imbue a mindset of dynamism in their world of work if it was to succeed in pursuit for development.
"If we aim for growth and development in this evolving world, then employers and particularly public organizations must rethink on how to promote competency-based structures," he said.
Eng. Besta argued that the current trend which places emphasis on qualifications, rather than competencies should be redressed.
According to him, the imbalance between the two must be effectively addressed across the board in order to succeed in pursuit for development.
“Under any circumstances, qualifications alone need to be further harnessed with meaningful actions in nurturing competencies, “He said.
He added that the overrating of qualifications criteria without consideration of skills and attitude to make up for competencies would result in ineffective delivery of services as anticipated.
More, he said, a renewed drive for skilled development among organizations and government agencies must be devised to alleviate the diminishing levels of competencies in various professions and fields.
Eng. Besta also asserted that there has been a decline in competencies required for a variety of specialties in support for growth in our country.
He mentioned the engineering sector as one of the sectors which suffered across the continent.