EDITORIAL : We shouldn’t mess with our children’s Future

Even after the education sector was reported to have excelled in the 2013-2014 Big Results Now drive, the annual report at the beginning of the year suggests that things are not as bright as the information presented at political rallies. Real improvement is to be found in only a few areas, it seems.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Jan

EDITORIAL: We must clean up mess on the electoral front

>Political news in Tanzania – which represents part of the broader picture of Africa that Western cynics derogatorily dub a dark continent – is seldom pleasant.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Mar

EDITORIAL: Vans, flights ‘war’ is over; It shouldn’t happen again!

>At last, the trade dispute between Tanzania and Kenya ended amicably on Saturday after presidents Jakaya Kikwete and Uhuru Kenyatta met and discussed the issue thoroughly.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Jul

EDITORIAL: Why flying shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg

The distance between Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, for instance, is just 670km, yet a return ticket between the two cities costs some $600 (Sh1,008,000). 

 

9 years ago

Dewji Blog

20 Oct

Future Policy Award 2015: Gold goes to Zanzibar’s Children’s Act

Zanzibar’s child rights law is the winner of the 2015 Future Policy Award on securing children’s rights, beating 29 other nominated policies to the prize. The Award will be presented at a ceremony in Geneva today by the World Future Council, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UNICEF during the 133rd IPU Assembly.

The “Children’s Act” is an outstanding piece of legislation. It earned the 2015 Award for its balanced coverage of child abuse and violence against children and for its...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Jan

EDITORIAL: Protect children’s wellbeing

>Tanzania came up the Child Rights Act of 2009 to guarantee minors their basic rights. It also signed and ratified both the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child for the same purpose.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Jun

EDITORIAL: Disabled children have talent too, help them

>A headteacher in Iringa has drawn our attention to a disturbing issue – how we treat children with special needs. Addressing Iringa University students during their recent tour of Mtwivila Primary School for deaf children, Mr Ally Mwakyesa noted that many parents dump children with disability in special schools and forget them.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

04 Aug

EDITORIAL : Up quality of education offered to our children

Virtually all Tanzanian children of school-going age get a place in primary school. There is at least one secondary school in every ward, so almost every child who makes the grade gets admitted to Form One.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Dec

EDITORIAL: We must save children from wayward parents

>According to a story we ran yesterday, police in Sumbawanga are holding a woman who beat up her own child and then burnt his hand, ostensibly to teach him a lesson for stealing food. And, as if that was not bad enough, she locked him in a room for four days without food!

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Jun

Africa’s future has big bearing on mankind’s future

A good future for mankind depends in no small part on the future of Africa, and the future of Africa depends in no small part on whether this continent will succeed to offer jobs and perspectives to its fast-growing youth population, and the future of jobs in this region will highly depend on a healthy, thriving and inclusive private sector.

 

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