Abstract
The aim of this paper was to explore the role of holistic education in empowering university students for middle economy development in Tanzania. The government has made various attempts to reform its education system to prepare university learners to manage, develop the country for the middle industrialization economy. Holistic education could be a functional tool for empowering youth for industrial Development. The study was guided by three objectives: To determine the contribution of skills taught at the University in empowering the learners for Industrial Development, examine the education system to industrial development, to determine the attitude of university learners towards self-reliance in Tanzania. The survey design was adopted and purposive sampling, stratified, simple random selection method were used to select 150 participants from a population of 2000 students from five universities. Forty lecturers were selected from a population of 500. Five university deans, and 5 university managers were purposive sampled, this made a total of 200 participants. The study utilized mixed methods, convergent parallel research methods designs, which involved quantitative and qualitative research methods. The instruments for data collection were a questionnaire, in-depth interview guide, and observation. Validity and reliability were checked, the result of Cronbach's alpha was 0.861 indicating that the instruments were valid and reliable. Data was collected, coded using expressive statistics with the support package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 21. Qualitative information were coded by the naming of conceptual categories and main themes to obtain numerous realities. The results demonstrated that majority of graduates in Tanzania were preparing for white collar's job, they lack capacity to transfer theoretical to work place situation which is needed. The study suggested: Educational Curriculum needs to be reviewed to meet the demand of the people, commence an intensive mentoring programs by formulating link with other industry investors, alumni, professional, and business professions so that university learners can acquire knowledge and skills for industrial development.
Highlights
This section presents the research design, target population, sample size and sampling procedures used in the current study
The findings demonstrated that the characteristics of holistic education; nurtures the development of the whole person, It revolves around relationships, It is concerned with life experiences, It “recognizes that cultures are created by people and can be changed by people”, it is founded upon a “deep reverence for life and for the unknown source of life
Question one sought explore the contribution of knowledge, skills taught at the University in empowering the students for industry development
Summary
We present the research design, target population, sample size and sampling procedures used in the current study. This paper adopted mixed method research designs (MMRD) cross sectional survey convergent parallel where the researcher collects quantities and qualitative data simultaneously analyzes separately and merged at the end of the stud. The Tanzanian government is preparing for middle industry economy by 2025 This will happen if adoption of Holistic https://theshillonga.com/index.php/jhed education to all level of learning which will transform the youth, as well as the whole society. In the contrary this dream will lead to disastrous outcomes that undercut our well-being, goals and will devastate our senses of transformative, innovative community and propose addresses many aspects, including the physical, spiritual, and educational knowledge, skills as components of young the youth are paradigms in national management (Fletcher, 2014)
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