EDITORIAL : Up quality of education offered to our children

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Opening of World Education Forum 2015, Seoul. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon centre, at the opening of the World Education Forum 2015, in Seoul. He is flanked by Hwang Woo-yea (left), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of the Republic of Korea; and Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 19 May 2015. Seoul, Republic of Korea. (UN Photo/Evan Schneider).

Tanzania’s Minister for Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT),...

Enrolment in Tanzanian secondary schools is presently impressive, with regions like Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam going beyond the government directive that at least 70 per cent of all who pass their national Standard 7 exams should be admitted to Form One.

The proposed Constitution may become our new Constitution from May next year if things go well during the referendum. The proposed Constitution luckily has, among other things, guaranteed a right to primary education to every Tanzanian child [Article 53 (1)(c)].

>Tanzania needs Sh536 billion annually to hire new teachers in its endeavour to provide primary education for all, according to a new report.

>Let’s recall, for a moment, the launch of the Big Results Now (BRN) 2013-2014 Annual report. It was celebrated for notable achievements in our six key sectors--agriculture, education, energy, resource mobilisation, transport and water.

Too many youths with poor grades might be readily admitted to university, more so in the private ones, so long as their parents would be able to pay the fees.

In the past two decades Tanzania has embarked on ambitious reforms in education. Since 2002 more pupils were enrolled as more classrooms were built.

2014 has come to an end and we’re now in 2015. It is another year which brings with it hope and expectations.