DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 5 -- GOVERNMENT efforts to improve youth employability are bearing fruit, with enrolment in Vocational Education and Training (VET) colleges increasing by 29.4 per cent over the past four years.

The number of students enrolled in VET institutions increased from 344,815 in 2021 to 446,252 in 2025, Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Adolf Mkenda, announced recently during a press conference in Dar es Salaam.

Prof Mkenda attributed the growth largely to the expansion of vocational training infrastructure across the country, noting that the number of VET colleges rose from 662 institutions in 2020 to 860 in 2024, owned by both the government and the private sector.

He said that of the total institution...