THE Architectural Designers and Construction Estimates Registration Board (AQRB) has awarded prizes worth over Shs. 6.8 million to the winners of the 2024/25 Essay Competition while urging students to study more science subjects.
Speaking at the awarding ceremony for primary and secondary schools that participated in the competition in the Kilimanjaro region, AQRB Public Relations Officer Hamisi Sungura said the competition aims to encourage students to learn about these fields and their benefits to society and the nation as a whole.
Presenting a prize of 300,000 shillings to Anwarite School, owned by the Catholic Diocese of Moshi, which won due to the large turnout of its students in the competition, Sungura said the board was pleased to award the prize in recognition of the great influence made by the teachers.
He has also asked the school's leadership to continue encouraging students to study science subjects so that they can become experts in those fields in the future to enable the nation to have enough experts.
AQRB Today we are handing over the funds to the leadership of Anwarite Girls' School in recognition of the great contribution made by teachers in encouraging students to participate in the competition," said Sungura, adding that doing so will be a catalyst for other schools to follow suit and come out to participate in large numbers. Sungura also said that the AQRB Board has presented a prize of Shs. 100,000 to Emiliana Lyamuya, a student from the school, for being one of the regional winners in the competition for the year 2024/25 and urged her to fulfill her dreams of becoming an expert in the fields of Design and Construction Estimation.
For her part, Architect from AQRB Halima Mrisho has educated students on the importance of these fields in the country's development in the Construction Sector. He said that in any nation, in order to have good infrastructure in construction, design experts and construction estimators must be involved. "We have seen how the government has been ensuring that all major strategic projects involve experts in the field, so it is important that young people see the opportunity to aspire to become experts in these fields," said Mrisho.
Kirua Vunjo South District Education Officer Hassan Msheri is delighted with the school's victory and urges other students to seize opportunities of this kind with the aim of winning and learning more.
However, the Principal of the school, Sister Secilia Shao, has promised to continue collaborating with the board's leadership in encouraging students to study science subjects, especially in the fields of Architectural Design and Construction Estimation, in order to enable the nation to have enough professionals in those fields.
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