287. News: Tanzania Tourism Development Programme: Development of a National Curriculum for Tour Guides.

News: Tanzania Tourism Development Programme: Development of a National Curriculum for Tour Guides.
Ministry Officials at PROTS.
On 23^rd November, 2009 we had the honour of receiving (an announced), a team of 3 officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism following up the implementation of the New National Curriculum for Tour Guides.

The team was led by Kemmy Kibogoyo - (in pink).

Among the Questions on the Questionnaire Form were as follows:

• Registration Number: 107607 Date of Registration - 15th September, 1995.

• Tanzania Revenue Authority TIN Number: 100-336-243. Dated 22 September, 2000.
• Ownership of Premises: Owned by Vedasto Izoba.

Course Details.

• Title: Professional Tour Guiding & Leadership Skills – Advanced Certificate & Diploma.
• Course Curriculum: See Page 216
• Duration: Advanced Certificate 12 months and Diploma 18 months.
• Diploma is a specialization in one or two categories in the Certificate Program.
• Class hours: From 8.00am - 6.00pm. With breaks in between. Total class hours: 8.
  
• Planing to get official registration with NACTE once the National Curriculum for Tour Guides is in place.

Registration of Students:

• Between 50 and 100 per Year.
• With a Modular Rolling Program.
  
• Projects presentation upon Graduation in both categories – Advanced Certificate & Diploma.

Training Aids: Page 164:

• High Definition TV Screen, Computers, Laptops, VHS Decks.
• Laminated Library.
• Documentary Library.
• DStv Connection for Documentaries like Discovery, Animal Planet, National Geographic, etc.
• Also DStv for Entertainment like Super Sport, Big Brother Africa, Movies for Spoken English etc.

Field Trips.

• Tanzania Roots GO Minus 26: From Joker Tourism, Belgium. Page 207.
• This is a 21 Days program with group of tourists interacting with Students and the Tour Leader writing an Evaluation Report for the participating students.
  
• They go on Safari, Cultural tourism, Mountain Climbing, Home Stays and City Tours.
• Field Trips organized by Students themselves to Tanzania National Parks and other protected areas – Serengeti, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Selous, Bagamoyo, etc.
  
• Field Trip to Mount Kilimanjaro & Mount Meru – Page 174.

Teachers:

• Mr. Vedasto Izoba, Trainer & Principal and Founder of PROTS.
• Diploma in Outdoor Leadership from National Outdoor Leadership School, Wyoming USA.
• Certificate from Teachers Training Program by the Ministry of natural Resources & Tourism
  
• Teaching:
• Wildlife Ecology & Natural History;
• Professional Tour Guiding & Leadership Lectures.Spoken English.
  

Mr. Victor Bubelwa.

• Trainer & Tour Director.
• Diploma in Outdoor Leadership from National Outdoor Leadership School, Wyoming USA.
• Certificate in Rock Climbing, Colorado Mountain School – USACertificate:
  
• WFR – Wilderness First Responder Course by Aerie Backcountry Medicine School, Montana USA.
• Certificate: Communication Skills & Intercultural Relations Course in Belgium.
  
• Teaching:
• Outdoor Leadership & Wilderness Survival Skills.
• Guide’s Guide to Guiding.Camp Management.

Miss. Angel Izoba.

• Trainer & Operations Manager.
• Certificate from Teachers Training Program by the Ministry of natural Resources & Tourism.
  
• Teaching.
• Professional Tour Guiding & Leadership – Simulation & Role Plays.
• Spoken English.
• Related Tasks for all the above subjects.

The team finished the visit by looking at our Laminated Library and the classroom.
They will be visiting other colleges here in Arusha on the same mission.

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Development of National Curriculum for Tour Guides.
There has been several initiatives by the Government and other stakeholders in the tourism industry to develop a National Curriculum for Tour guides and put it in place. PROTS participated in most of these initiatives. It is therefore a great relief to us to see this particular initiative going to the extent of being validated by NACTE .














The Team:
The team that was assigned the job and completed the required two levels. - level 4 and level 5, comprised of three experts as follows:

• Mr. Abbas . M. Mohamed, Chief Academic Officer from Zanzibar Institute for Tourism Development.
• Bi. Maryam Ali Mussa, Tutor from Zanzibar Institute for Tourism Development.
• Mr. Vedasto Izoba, Principal from The Professional Tour Guide School - PROTS.
• Under supervision of Mr. Allan McGuigan from GOPA Consultants.

The venue was at offices of the Ministry of Natural resources and Tourism - Waterfront House, Dar-es-Salaam.

























Veronica Mushi made sure we were well fed, with so much tea, coffee and plenty of biscuits.













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Hello Mr Izoba,

We finally received a letter of confirmation for validation of all curriculum documents including Tour Guiding Curriculum. So for all your work on this, thank you very much indeed.

Once again, thank you for all your help, interest and support.

Yours sincerely,

Alan

Alan McGuigan MIH. MTS

Team Leader
Tanzania Tourism Training Programme

Sixth Floor

Waterfront House
Dar-es-Salaam

Tanzania

Tel:+255(0)752454745
e-mail: alantourism@btinternet.com