British Council Tanzania, new Country Director, Mr Richard Sunderland (L) talking with Outgoing Director, Sally Robinson (R) today after announced at British Council Tanzania office, Dar es Salaam.
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British Council Tanzania is pleased to announce the appointment of our new Country Director, Mr Richard Sunderland. Richard who will take up the post in July, is currently on a visit to the country and will replace Ms Sally Robinson who has held the post since 2009.
The British Council has operated in Tanzania since 1950 and has created international opportunities for the people of the UK and Tanzania and has built trust between them. We call this cultural relations. Tanzania has huge areas of common ground with the UK that make it an important partner both now and in the future. There are strong links with the UK through trade, development and the Commonwealth, and the UK is currently Tanzania’s largest foreign investor and a major source of development assistance.
With around half of the Tanzanian population aged below sixteen, and English being the language of instruction in the secondary school system, the British Council has a strong role to play in supporting improvements in the quality of education – a major government priority. British Council Tanzania brings expertise in English, education, creative industries, sport and school leadership, as well as a strong and trusting relationship with the Tanzanian people and their government based on 60 years of working together. Cultural relations between the UK and Tanzania are therefore growing and prospering under the guidance of the British Council.
Commenting at a press conference to announce his appointment Richard Sunderland said, “I am delighted to be taking up the post of Country Director Tanzania. I have been interested in Africa for many years and was very pleased to be appointed to work in Tanzania. I have been fortunate enough to work with a number of British Council offices in the region and look forward to building on the work that we are currently doing to help people in Tanzania connect with UK educational and cultural opportunities.”
Outgoing Director Sally Robinson commented, “I have greatly enjoyed working in Tanzania over the last 4 years and am very sad to be leaving the country and the people I have worked with. I leave a British Council office that has a growing and lively teaching centre including a presence in Arusha, is expanding its project work in education, sport and the creative industries and has English trainers working across the country. I am sure it will continue to go from strength to strength under Richard’s leadership.”
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