EDITORIAL: Need to probe essence of the ‘pre-form one’ craze

>Youngsters who sat the National Standard 7 exams in early September are still waiting for the results. It means they are not certain yet about their fate. However, already there are widespread activities meant, ostensibly, to prepare them for Form One entry in January. We are talking about academic preparations in the form of the so-called pre-Form One training.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Jul

EDITORIAL: We need to rid ourselves of higher education craze

>In pre-market economy Tanzania, education system was guided by Education for Self-Reliance, the policy tailored by Tanu (and CCM after 1977). The guiding principle was that education should be geared at nurturing individuals able to apply what they learn in school or college.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

04 Nov

COVER: Pre-Form One: Necessity or waste of time, money?

>You can hardly walk for a kilometre in Dar es Salaam without noticing pre-Form One posters that are commonly plastered on the streets and lampposts.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Aug

EDITORIAL: Go further in bomb probe

>Security concerns have been heightened with the discovery in Mtwara of at least 10 explosive devices. Police did a commendable job tracing and unearthing the homemade bombs near a primary school after a tip-off from the public.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Sep

EDITORIAL : Probe these claims and take appropriate action

On October 25, Tanzanians will go to the polls to elect a new government that will lead the country over the next five years. Campaigns are underway and so far, except for the unfortunate incident in Tarime last week—when one man was stabbed to death following a clash between rival party youth—the campaigns have largely been peaceful.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Feb

EDITORIAL: Undertake study into upped Form 4 results

>Results of the 2013 Form National Examinations were announced on Friday, and the immediate reaction from watchers of Tanzania’s educational system was unanimous:  there is an improvement over 2012 performance.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Sep

Beware the results craze!

In his 1976 book, The Diploma Disease: Education, Qualification and Development, Ronald Dore--quoting T.H. Huxley from a century earlier--reminds us: “Examination is a good servant but a bad master.”

 

11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: The craze for golf course estates

Anne Soy reports on the Kenyan craze for residential estates built around golf courses.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Jan

The essence of regulating broadcasting services

The adoption of the policies of liberalization from the mid-1980s has drasticallychanged the socio-economic landscape in Tanzania

 

11 years ago

Daily News

18 May

Students' gambling craze worries parents, schools

Students' gambling craze worries parents, schools
Daily News
THE mushrooming of betting kiosks in urban areas in the country is worrying parents, guardians and school administrators as students take to gambling with zeal. In a survey conducted recently by the 'Sunday News,' the general consensus among the ...

 

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