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The Tanzania
National Park (TANAPA) has sent Information Communication and Technology (ICT)
specialists to different schools, colleges and institutions countrywide in a
bid to mobilise more people to vote for national natural attractions including;
Mount Kilimanjaro, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Serengeti National
Park to be included in the list of the Seven World Wonders of Africa. TANAPA Director General, Allan Kijazi, said this over the
weekend during the 5th graduation ceremony for form four students of Bendel
Memorial Secondary School in Moshi.
The
event was accompanied by a fund raiser which would help in the construction of
a library and an administrative block for the school. He said the move by
TANAPA aimed at involving many more Tanzanians, including those living in rural
areas, who are marginalised when it came to ICT.
“So far, the Serengeti National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro are
among natural attractions holding high votes, I call upon all Tanzanians to be
patriotic and vote for our sites, this will greatly promote our tourist
sites," he said.
He
said last year there was a similar contest run at the global level, which even
allowed people to make phone calls, but the current one does not allow phone
calls but people can cast their votes through emails and it was imperative that
every Tanzanian participated.
However,
Kijazi criticised the organizers saying it was important to consider the ICT
situation in Africa and find other means of involving more people in the
exercise, as rural Africa has remained one of the victims of digital divide.
Earlier, the headmaster of the school, Fr. Meles Mlingi, said
during celebrations of marking 50 years of Independence, it was emphasised that
more expatriates should be prepared through providing students with the best
education possible so that people would overcome poverty and do away with
ignorance. He urged Tanzanians to learn from Swedish people who make quality
education their top priority.
He
said quality education was the solution to advancing our economy, he urged
people to contribute towards the construction of the school's laboratory and
administration block, both of which would cost a total of 700m/-.
Furthermore,
he challenged students to be aware of using social networks as facebook and
Twitter, saying that however they should guard their moral standards and ensure
that they work hard to become useful members of the society. During the
fundraiser, a total of 15.5m/- was collected to support the construction.
The
Guardian Tanzania