Keep your children close, boarding is not the best

We may have no official figures on the number of Tanzanian kids who are sent to boarding schools early, some of them reportedly as young as three, but we have to ask: Why have them at all if you are not going to have a meaningful relationship with them?

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

19 May

Revive boarding schools for pastoralist children: appeal

Babati. A call has been made to re-introduce boarding schools in pastoralist areas in order to save children from travelling long distances to and from school.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Jun

Close to 4m of Ugandan children live in poverty

About four million children under the age of five in Uganda live in poverty and are deprived of basic child rights, according to a new report.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

01 Feb

Boarding school or not

When I was growing up going to boarding school at a certain point of one’s life was a given. Many of us upon finishing primary school were enrolled into some boarding school of sorts. Things have changed greatly these days and I find myself pondering the question whether to take my children to boarding school or not.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Jul

Shock of 3-year-olds in boarding schools

>Some parents in Tanzania are sending children as young as three to boarding schools. This emerging trend denies the children much needed love and comfort, which can only be found at home.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Jan

Leaving the comfort of home for boarding school

>The holiday season is over and another academic year is upon us.  It’s the time of the year when many young students enter the next phase of  their educational journey by stepping into new classrooms or schools.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Jul

When parents place their babies in boarding school

Joseph* is a five-year-old boy who currently attends Martin Luther School in Dodoma. His grandmother decided that boarding school was a better place for him because his parents were going through marital problems which were affecting Joseph’s wellbeing.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

24 Sep

Why three Tanzanian children sparkled in World Bank children's art drawing ...

IPPmedia
Why three Tanzanian children sparkled in World Bank children's art drawing ...
IPPmedia
Three out of 150 children entries won the World Bank (WB) Tanzania four week children's art drawing contest that took place between March and April 2014. In this brain cracking art exercise Chanda Lwansa (13) a form one student at Feza Girls Secondary ...

 

11 years ago

Bagamoyo Road

03 Apr

Police close Msata

Police close Msata- Bagamoyo road
Daily News
FOLLOWING the announcement of Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) all over the country to take preventive measures in readiness for a stormy season, the Coast Region Police Force has advised citizens to avoid using motor vehicles on Msata to ...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

13 May

Refugees now close to 100000

IPPmedia
Refugees now close to 100000
IPPmedia
Tanzanian police officers control the movements of Burundians streaming into Kigoma port area on Tuesday from Kagunga shoreline village, the point most refugees use to enter Tanzania. The team of cabinet ministers from East African Community (EAC) ...

 

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