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.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

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

Brentwood Gazette

06 Jun

Tanzania challenge 'to take St Martin's School students out of comfort zone'

Brentwood Gazette
Tanzania challenge 'to take St Martin's School students out of comfort zone'
Brentwood Gazette
After months of hard work raising £2,300 each, sixth-formers will head to Tanzania, where they will trek through national parks and be taught how to survive in the bush by the Masai people. They will then make their way to a village near Iringa to help rebuild a ...

 

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.

 

9 years ago

BBC

26 Nov

Leaving the UK and going "home" to Ghana

Young professionals of Ghanaian descent from the UK and US are moving to Ghana. Nancy Kacungira went to meet some to find out why.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Apr

We are now out of the comfort zone

Do you remember when monetary policy was boring? It was a bit like walking up and down a staircase, step by step, 25 basis points at a time, each step anticipated by markets. Saying you were a central banker at a dinner party was a conversation killer.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Jun

Efforts needed to give comfort to the elderly

Tanzanians join peoples around the world to mark June 15th as the United Nations World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). On this day, we are called upon to raise public awareness in support of older people subjected to preventable abuse and suffering.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Jul

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?

 

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.

 

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.

 

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