Apprenticeship Training Project (ATC)
The Apprenticeship Training Project, commonly referred to as ATC within the Don Bosco Framework, is a skills development initiative aligned with the government's National Skills Development Programme (NSDP). Its primary emphasis lies in fostering the acquisition of employable skills among the national labor force, thereby augmenting workplace and industrial productivity. The NSDP strategically employs apprenticeship, internship, and recognition of prior learning (RPL) methodologies to effectively realize its overarching goals. Don Bosco, distinguished among 43 public and private institutions, actively participates in this project, aspiring to positively impact and empower a total of 531 youth out of the 6,000 Tanzanian youth primarily benefiting from the project. The project's key objectives include;
DB Implementing Partners: The Prime Minister's Office, Labor, Employment, and Relations.
DB Project Implementing partners; DB Dodoma, DB Oysterbay & DB Iringa YTC
Project Manager: Cassian Bilikwija
Key Team Members: Edward Subeti (DB Dodoma), Juliana Mamboya (DB Obay), Joseph Ngomite (DB Iringa), & Oswald Manyerere (JSO) & Gideon (Accountant).
Current Status:
Project Value: Tshs. 265,500,000.00
As of October 2026, the project is in its final stage of school training, with 531 students remaining. The enrolled trainees are concluding their field attachments, and they are being mobilized to be provided with toolkits to establish different enterprises.
Objectives
Objective 02: To increase the employability and labor mobility of 706 marginalized youths through certification of skills acquired through basic certification training by October 2026.
Objective 03: Enhancement of soft skills development in improving an individual’s interpersonal skills in the work environment to boost productivity by October 2026.
