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Principal's Welcome Note

On behalf of the ESIS Board of Directors and Team of Staff, I am so thrilled to welcome you to Earth Sciences Institute of Shinyanga, a unique place for everyone. With our straightforward values and commitment to customers, we always vow to make “Quality Our First Priority”.

We are the only private technical institution producing mining technicians at the certificate and diploma level in the mining industry in Tanzania. We hope that as you read these notes and browse our website (www.esis.ac.tz) you will start seeing just how unique we are.

We strive to achieve very high academic standards in line with our vision of “Becoming the center of technical education excellence”. Students come here and are inspired to do their best. They work hard not only to achieve their hopes and dreams but also the hopes and dreams of their families.

ESIS as a motivated family, its corporate culture, and the values we hold are the key factors to our success.

Life at ESIS is not only about academic excellence but also about real-life experiences for our staff and students. The great strength of the college is the teamwork, confidence, and motivation. The students come here from all over Tanzania sharing common aspirations, and value learning, respect, and appreciation. They are all amazed by the skills and expertise of their tutors. They also find that ESIS is small enough to feel like their second home they can rely on. In ESIS, we leave enough room and environments for young people to develop the skills, self-confidence, and maturity they will require in their adult and employment lives.

Our classes, dormitories, and labs are located in Shinyanga municipality so that practical and all field visits are done easily and frequently near mine sites. As I said before, college life is not only about academics, students are surrounded by choices of sports and games so that their campus life is always holistic.

ESIS is a unique and exciting mining institute where young men and women can grow to a discern life and honorable future.

I look forward to seeing you here.

From The Office of Principal

Our Story

The idea to establish a college that offers mining-related training to Tanzania was initiated by former geologist graduates from the University of Dar es Salaam with a handful of support from other few friends. This idea is rooted in the fact that Tanzania’s mid-cadre technicians in the sector of minerals are very few compared to their graduate counterparts. The establishment of ESIS aims affirmatively at complementing the government’s effort to improve the petroleum and mining sector and hence contributing to the national economy. It also complements the millennium goals of eradicating ignorance and poverty. One of the plans of ESIS is to have the best training curricula in a vast spectrum of Earth Sciences to include Mining, Mineral Processing, Gemology, and Petroleum Geology, to mention a few. An obvious fact that has been driving ESIS to embark on training technicians (NTAs) is that the technicians (e.g. Geology, Mining, Mineral processing, and gemology technicians) ratio to Geologists, Mining Engineers, Mineral Processing Engineers, and Gemologists is quoted to be 1:5 thus more technical personnel are needed in larger numbers at the order of 5 times more than the number required for professionals (or knowledge-based professionals). Experience has also shown that, to date, the petroleum and mining sector continues to employ non-skilled technicians (in-service trained technicians) due to a lack of enough qualified technicians that can assist Mining Engineers, Geologists, or Mineral Processing Engineers. This is what motivated these enthusiastic former geologists to commit every resource they have and time to ensure this critical education institution is established, developed, and stands stable to offer the planned training so as to bridge this large gap and help the government of Tanzania reach its goal of balancing the available gap of technicians and graduates in the field in question.

About ESIS

Earth Sciences Institute of Shinyanga (ESIS) is a Private Technical Institute registered by the National Council for Technical Education of Tanzania (NACTE) with Reg. No REG/EOS/041 to offer Geosciences-related courses. ESIS’s head office is located in Shinyanga Municipality at Open University of Tanzania Shinyanga offices

ESIS uses NACTE validated curricula and is currently offering Exploration and Mining Geology from Basic Certificate to Diploma. ESIS also offers Petroleum Geology from Basic Certificate to Diploma.

In the first 10 years, ESIS is intended to offering certificates and diplomas in earth science fields that are competence based – so called National Technical Awards (NTAs) in accordance to National Council for Technical Education (NACTE). Latter on, ESIS shall begin to offer higher levels of competence based system that are/shall be equivalent to degrees (Bachelor and later on Masters and finally PhDs) in the field of Earth Sciences and under the same board, NACTE.

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Vision and Mission

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Vision

Earth Sciences Institute of Shinyanga is envisage to becoming the center of technical education excellence in Tanzania

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Mission

Earth Sciences Institute of Shinyanga’s mission is to mobilize all possible local resources (human and material) to produce competent mid-cadre technicians who will serve in Tanzania’s mining industry. The Institute will employ qualified and dedicated professionals and utilize the Classical Natural Laboratories within selected dedicated centers.

-We are committed to implementing the mission by upholding values such as commitment, self-drive, transparency, trustworthiness, teamwork spirit, teaching ethics, and student-centeredness.

Earth Sciences Institute of Shinyanga mission is to mobilize all possible local resources (Human and material) in order to produce competent mid cadres’ technicians who will serve in Tanzania mining industry. The Institute shall employ qualified and dedicated professionals and shall use the Classical Natural Laboratories within selected dedicated centers. We commit ourselves to implement the mission by holding the following values: – Commitment, self-driven, transparency, trustworthiness, teamwork spirit, teaching ethics and student centeredness

Our Core Values

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Academic excellence

We provide our students with a comprehensive education focused on practical mining skills. Our training program addresses the diverse needs of the mining industry in Tanzania and worldwide, with an emphasis on hands-on field and laboratory exercises. At the end of each semester, students are attached to mining companies to gain on-field experience.

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Teamwork and interdependence

Growing into a highly performing team starts here, helping each other through the exchange of skills, knowledge, and talents and taking proactive initiative to make sure that we always accomplish our tasks as one team. At the Earth Sciences Institute of Shinyanga (Chuo Cha Madini), we always believe that what you have, be it skills, knowledge, or talents, belongs to somebody else.

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Innovations and Creativity Excellence

Earth Sciences Institute of Shinyanga (Chuo Cha Madini) fosters a culture of creativity and innovation among staff and students, spanning from classroom instruction to practical fieldwork and assignments. In support of this ethos, the college has established a prestigious award to honor outstanding innovations and inventions by students and tutors.

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Empower, Encourage Enthuse and Passionate

Staff and students at the Earth Sciences Institute of Shinyanga (Chuo Cha Madini) embody empowerment, encouragement, and enthusiasm. We firmly believe that passion is the key to fostering innovation, commitment, hard work, and ultimately success in life. By instilling a spirit of passion in both our students and tutors, we are dedicated to guiding them towards successful careers.

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Accountability and transparency

The team at the Earth Sciences Institute of Shinyanga (Chuo Cha Madini) is committed to embodying responsibility and accountability at both the organizational and individual levels. Our team members are encouraged to showcase a strong sense of self-accountability, take initiative, and maintain an open and transparent approach in their work.

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Student Centeredness Philosophy

The Earth Sciences Institute of Shinyanga (Chuo Cha Madini) is dedicated to passionately serving customers with creativity and enthusiasm. Our student-centered philosophy drives us to work tirelessly for students, helping them achieve their career aspirations and navigate life's expectations.

Courses Offered

Total Assessment Distribution

Course work 60% 60%
End of Semester Examination 40% 40%
Total Assessment Score 100% 100%