Shortage of staff brings down education quality in Mwanza

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),...

>Low HIV testing and shortage of staff are among challenges facing a United States-supported programme aimed to eliminate paediatric HIV in  Shinyanga, Geita and Simiyu regions.

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.

The proposed Constitution may become our new Constitution from May next year if things go well during the referendum. The proposed Constitution luckily has, among other things, guaranteed a right to primary education to every Tanzanian child [Article 53 (1)(c)].

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

2014 has come to an end and we’re now in 2015. It is another year which brings with it hope and expectations.

In the past two decades Tanzania has embarked on ambitious reforms in education. Since 2002 more pupils were enrolled as more classrooms were built.

Only quality education will ignite socio-economic development
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TANZANIA's modest investment in education since independence from Britain in 1961 has enabled significant gains in literacy, school attendance and university enrollment in recent years. But this great country endowed with abundant resources still has a ...

Ministry seeks to improve education quality
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FREQUENT inspections of schools to prove if they adhere to set standards is very crucial in improving the quality of education, and it is on this backdrop that that the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training Monday launching the School Inspectorate ...