Regional Workshop Promotes Quality, Affordable Pre-Primary Education

Opening of World Education Forum 2015, Seoul. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon centre, at the opening of the World Education Forum 2015, in Seoul. He is flanked by Hwang Woo-yea (left), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of the Republic of Korea; and Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 19 May 2015. Seoul, Republic of Korea. (UN Photo/Evan Schneider).

Tanzania’s Minister for Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT),...

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG AEX: PHIA) has announced the launch of its Efficia CM Series patient monitors in Tanzania – these cost effective products are designed to provide clinicians with access to high-quality of care, even in resource-limited facilities. These solutions highlight Philips’ commitment to enhance access and enable quality care across the health continuum – from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment, recovery and home care, including in remote areas.
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 The EAC Regional Programme for Sensitization of Border Communities commenced 24 June 2014, at Rusumo town which sits at the border of Rwanda and Tanzania. The programme’s overall objective is to raise awareness among cross-border communities within the EAC region, with particular focus on small scale traders to enhance their understanding of the EAC integration agenda, as well as identify the stakes and opportunities of the EAC integration.
Speaking during the official opening on behalf...

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Free basic education, from primary to O-Level ,Single textbook for every subject ...
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The government has officially launched the New Education Policy of 2014 overhauling the education system, where basic education will now run from Standard One to Form Four and all schools shift to using a single textbook for each subject. According to the ...
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 A two-day regional workshop on Aflatoxin Control Program organized by the EAC Secretariat with the support of (USAID) and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) closed today in Bujumbura, Burundi.  The 6-8 March workshop saw the composition of the Regional Working Group on Aflatoxins (REWGA) mandated to provide technical and advisory guidance to EAC Sectoral Council on Agriculture and Food Security and key stakeholders in the region on...

Zanzibar president announces free primary education
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Zanzibari President Ali Mohammed Shein announced free primary education for all Isles students starting at the beginning of the new school year, Tanzania's The Citizen reported Tuesday (January 13th).
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Coast region sets standards for primary education
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EDUCATION department in Coast Region is working on strategies to raise the number of students who complete primary education in the region. According to Regional Education Officer, Mr Yusuf Kipengele, his department has reached decision basing on ...

Enrolment in Tanzanian secondary schools is presently impressive, with regions like Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam going beyond the government directive that at least 70 per cent of all who pass their national Standard 7 exams should be admitted to Form One.

>Tanzania needs Sh536 billion annually to hire new teachers in its endeavour to provide primary education for all, according to a new report.