The government has said that, it has received more
than 22,000 applications from youths in different parts in the country that are
in need of receiving trainings conducted for youths’ economic empowerment. The
first phase of the program which is to end in 2022 aims at empowering youths
economically with a view to provide them skills for conducting their lives is
issued by the Prime Minister’s office which coordinates with the district
councils located in the country. The Deputy Minister of State in
Prime Minister's office responsible for policy, parliament, labour and
employment,
Antony Mavunde said on Monday this week in Parliament that the
importance of the training program is to equip youths with skills to enable
them employ themselves in every field.
Antony Mavunde
The deputy minister was responding a
question which was raised by the special seat Hawa Mwifunga (CCM) who wanted to
know the importance of the training for both boys and girls in the country. A
supplementary question was raised by the legislator later who wanted to know if
the law allows a boy or a girl to be engaged for marriage while are in
secondary schools. The deputy minister who is a lawyer by profession noted
that, the country’s laws does not allow students to be dropped out of school
and forced for marriage as this is regarded as a criminal offense bearing in
mind the fact that, it denies a child right of receiving needed education fir
their future lives. In another supplementary question which was raised by Richard Ndasa a Member of
Parliament for Sumve constituency who wanted to know if it is allowed for a boy
to marry his teacher in school, the minister noted that, it was also not
allowed as in accordance with the education laws, this is not accepted.
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