Free education pledges ‘an election gimmick’

Mbeya. Over 100,000 pupils in Mbeya Region spend their school days of the classroom floor due to an acute shortage of desks in most primary schools. 

Elections in Zanzibar have been annulled for not being free and fair, the electoral chief on the Tanzanian archipelago has announced.Rows between rival electoral commissioners had led to physical fights, Jecha Salum Jecha said.The opposition says the vote on the islands was cancelled because it won.
The main challenger in the national presidential election, Edward Lowassa, said the problems in Zanzibar could be mirrored across the country.Earlier, he called for the national electoral...

As President Jakaya Kikwete’s time in office comes to an end, education stakeholders are still shouting their voices hoarse over the poor quality of education in the country.

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JK election pledges now haunt MPs in Dodoma
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Barely a year to the next general elections, unfulfilled election pledges by President Jakaya Kikwete during the 2010 now haunt Members of Parliament, many of whom are uncertain of their fate in the coming polls. Almost every legislator who took the floor to ...

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Coast Region pledges to maintain high education standards
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COAST Regional Education Officer, Mr Yusuf Kipengele has said the region is working hard to maintain academic standards. He made the statement recently while presenting an education report at Regional Consultative Committee (RCC) meeting where he ...

Comprehensive sex education to young people is vital in efforts to improve their health and dignity as well as building a strong foundation for responsible citizenry, the government has noted.

How `free` will free education be?
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Parents are in a dilemma over whether they should continue paying contributions to schools accommodating their children as the government's pledge to abolish school fees becomes effective at the start of the academic year in January. Though the public ...

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Free Education Is On Horizon but ...
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THE government envisages providing free education at primary and secondary school levels. The upshot is to enable all school-age children to have access to education. This is a brilliant initiative, indeed. Too many poor children miss education in this ...
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