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Tanzania is about twice the size of California or 939,652 square miles in area (363,950 square kilometers). Its capital city, Dar es Salaam, has nearly 2 million residents. The proposed new capital, Dodoma, has just over 1 million residents. Tanzania has 32 million people. Zanzibar has 1.5 million people, while mainland Tanzania has 30.5 million inhabitants. Most Tanzanians live along the edges of…
Since 1964, there has been one constitution, but two governments.
Between the ages of 7 and 14 education is compulsory and free. The adult literacy rate is 68 percent, which is high for Africa. The national language is Swahili, but English is widely used in schools. Chagga, Gogo, Haya, Hehe, Sukuma, Maasai, and other languages are also spoken, but rarely used as the medium of instruction In the 20 years preceding World War I, Germany created a three-tiered syste…
Since independence, the primary, secondary school, vocational training, adult education, and university levels of education are self-contained and separate, though linked enough to insure smooth transitions between them. Many Tanzanian parents depend upon their children's labor to run their farms. Some cannot afford to hire workers. Taking this into account, Nyerere raised the entrance age …
Secondary education was given priority immediately after independence because most civil servants only needed a high school diploma to hold office, and the ruling party, then known as TANU (Tanganyika African National Union), was eager to Africanize the Civil Service and replace British expatriate workers. Swahili is compulsory, and students must receive a passing score in this subject to earn a f…
Only 70 Africans held university degrees just prior to independence, and 20 of them were teachers. Most had attended Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda or the Royal Technical College (now the University of Nairobi) in Nairobi, Kenya. A few had also studied in England or the United States. Clearly, the system had to dramatically expand educational opportunities if it was to meet the needs of an…
Despite opposing goals for Africans, financial shortages during World War II made both systems more dependent on African native authorities to finance education. By 1942, native authorities (chiefs) paid 92 percent of the cost of running schools in Tanzania. African chiefs paid teachers salaries; built, furnished, and maintained schools; and created a system of local financing for schools. Britain…
Adult education tried to eradicate illiteracy in Tanzania. At independence, over 70 percent of adult Tanzanians were illiterate. The object of adult education in Tanzania was not merely to teach literacy, but to help adults find solutions to other problems such as hunger, ignorance, disease, and soil erosion. Nyerere stated, "First we must educate adults. Our children will not have an impac…
Tanzania inherited an elitism educational system but broadened it to create ample opportunities for its citizens. Most Africans were illiterate before independence, but this has been reduced to a minority of 35 percent and that number is still falling. Tanzania still plans to eradicate illiteracy, as well as ensuring full primary education to all Tanzanian children, improving the quality of educat…
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10 months ago
i need public admicnistration history of Tanzania since independence
10 months ago
i need public admicnistration history of Tanzania since independence
about 1 year ago
Galgano Andrew
I appreciate your kind information on the web' about the general structure of Tanzania Education.I would love to know more about the current education structure if there is any changes.
about 1 year ago
NDUMAI O.N
in order to make our education profetable to our generation we us ateam (stake holders)parents ministers and his/her bench to make good stratages concerning education from kindergaten to higher learning.