Tanzania drops English as the language of instruction in secondary schools

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Tanzania drops English as the language of instruction in secondary schools
Citifmonline
Tanzania on Saturday announced a new educational overhaul plan, one that will extend basic education to Form 4, instead of the current Standard VII. “It's our hope that when students complete this basic education, which is compulsory up to Form 4, they will ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Starr 103.5 FM

18 Feb

Tanzania ditches English as the language of instruction in secondary schools!

Starr 103.5 FM
Tanzania ditches English as the language of instruction in secondary schools!
Starr 103.5 FM
Tanzania on Saturday announced a new educational overhaul plan, one that will extend basic education to Form 4, instead of the current Standard VII. "It's our hope that when students complete this basic education, which is compulsory up to Form 4, they will ...

 

10 years ago

The Swazi Observer

18 Feb

Tanzania dumps English language as medium of instruction

Tanzania dumps English language as medium of instruction
The Swazi Observer
The newly-launched education system has abolished national examinations for primary school leavers and extended basic education to four years at secondary level—meaning students will sit their final examination after 11 years in primary and secondary ...
Tanzania Ditches English In Education Overhaul PlanAFKInsider

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Mar

LANGUAGE:Let English be medium of instruction - 2

 Let me first outline the reasons, which I think English should be preferred to Kiswahili when it comes to deciding, which language should be used for teaching schoolchildren.

 

10 years ago

Quartz

05 Mar

Tanzania dumps English as its official language in schools, opts for Kiswahili

Quartz
Tanzania dumps English as its official language in schools, opts for Kiswahili
Quartz
Tanzania is set to become the first sub-Saharan African country to use an African language as the medium of instruction throughout the schooling years. As part of far-reaching plans to reform education, President Jakaya Kikwete's administration announced ...

 

10 years ago

Daytona Times

03 Jul

Tanzania replaces English with Swahili as official school language

Tanzania replaces English with Swahili as official school language
Daytona Times
Back in April, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete's administration announced that Kiswahili (Swahili) will be the primary language used in his country's schools. Tanzania will become the first sub-Saharan nation in Africa to revert back to its ...

 

10 years ago

Amsterdam News

19 Jun

Tanzania replaces English with Kiswahili as its official school language

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Tanzania replaces English with Kiswahili as its official school language
Amsterdam News
Back in April, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete's administration announced that, henceforth, Kiswahili will be the primary language utilized in his country's schools. Tanzania will become the first sub-Saharan nation in Africa to revert back to its indigenous ...
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10 years ago

Daily News

29 Nov

Kwahili proposed as language of instruction

Daily News
Kwahili proposed as language of instruction
Daily News
THE new education policy highlights the importance of Kwahili as the medium of instruction in all learning institutions in the country, Parliament learnt on Friday. Deputy minter for Education and Vocational Training, Jennter Mhagama told leglators here that ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Mar

Let English be medium of instruction

Tanzania is among a few countries in Africa, which is graced with a language that can be used by almost all its inhabitants as a national language that can also be used as medium of instruction. Kiswahili, which is a Bantu oriented, but substantially borrowed a lot from other foreign languages happens to be an original language of Tanzanians unlike other African countries, which use foreign languages that came with colonisers.

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

BG Tanzania donates 13 mobile laboratories to Mtwara secondary schools

Honourable  Hawa Ghasia - Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office for Regional Admin and Local Government during a demonstration in a mobile laboratory donated by BG Tanzania in Mtwara. BG Tanzania has donated 13 mobile laboratories to the Mtwara District Council to a tune of USD 50,000. The laboratories have the capacity to positively impact 910 secondary school students in the Mtwara rural district council.   Speaking at the donation event, Honourable  Hawa Ghasia - Minister...

 

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