Shock of 3-year-olds in boarding schools

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.

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.

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?

>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.

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.

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