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Tanzania: Educational Standards Said ‘Coming Down’

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Africa/Tanzania/Mayo 2016/Autor: Editor/ Fuente: http://allafrica.com

Resumen:  Los resultados de la investigación, realizada por HakiElimu, sobre el estado de la educación en Tanzania, llevadas a cabo el año pasado, refleja la realidad sobre la caída de los niveles de la educación, esto ha sido reconocido por gobierno.

HAKIELIMU research findings on the state of education in Tanzania conducted last year reflects on the reality on the falling standards of education, the government has acknowledged.

The Deputy Minister for Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Eng Stella Manyanya, said in Parliament yesterday that to a certain extent the research findings show a true picture of declining quality of education in Tanzania due to recent rapid expansion of enrolment in primary, secondary and higher education levels.

In her reply to a basic question from Susan Lyimo (Special Seats, Chadema), the Deputy Minister said that the recent rapid expansion of primary and secondary education under Primary Education Development Plan and Secondary Education Development Plan, had inevitably affected quality.

«PEDP and SEDP successes led to an increase in primary and secondary schools together with students and brought up challenges on basic necessities such as teachers, infrastructure, teaching and learning materials which affected the quality of education in one way or another especially during the two initial phases of the programmes (2002 – 2010), she said.

The Chadema lawmaker wanted to know to what extent the Hakielimu research had reflected on the reality of the state of education in Tanzania and what were the strategies by the fifth-phase government to improve the quality of education in the country.
The deputy minister said the quality of education involved many issues including environment of education provision which had been improved during that time.

She said there has been an increase in recruitment of teachers where by the number of primary school teachers increased from 132,409 in 2005 to 180,565 in 2014 and secondary school teachers increased from 20,754 in 2005 to 80,529 in 2014.

The morale of the teachers to work in rural areas had increased after the government improved necessary infrastructure such as roads and access to electricity, water and telecommunication services, she said.

Ms Manyanya said the fifth-phase government has in place strategies to improve quality of education which include improving teaching and learning environment through constructing and rehabilitating school infrastructures.

These include construction of classrooms, laboratories, libraries, toilets, teachers’ houses and purchases of desks, she said.

The government also continues with teachers training particularly for Science, Mathematics, Language and basic education, she said adding the government continues to provide trainings for teachers on ICT application, Science, Mathematics, Language to improve efficiency in teaching and learning for primary and secondary school teachers.

Fuente de la noticia: http://allafrica.com/stories/201605050773.html

Fuente de la imagen: https://www.google.co.ve/search?q=tanzania++escuelas&client=ubuntu&hs=Odu&channel=fs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ-bvhosnMAhWGPB4KHce1CUkQ_AUIBygB&biw=1301&bih=673#imgrc=Xh_ogDq-k3ceVM%3A

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Tanzania: Inspiration for Students to Fight Child Marriages

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6Mayo/AllAfrica/ By Mugini Jacob

Resumen: Alrededor de 60 jóvenes  de Tanzania se han comprometido a luchar contra el matrimonio infantil, la mutilación genital femenina (MGF) en cinco salas de Tarime Distrito en la región de Mara. Los estudiantes y adolescentes participaron en un entrenamiento intensivo sobre salud reproductiva, organizado por el Foro de la dignidad de los niños (CDF) en colaboración con el Plan Internacional de Tanzania recientemente.

About 60 youths have vowed to combat child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM) in five wards of Tarime District in Mara Region.

The students and out -of-school teenagers made the promise shortly after attending an intensive training on reproductive health, organized by Children’s Dignity Forum (CDF) in collaboration with Plan International Tanzania recently.

They hailed the training, expressing hope that it will help to save many girls from FGM and child marriage, thanks to the European Union (EU) for funding the initiative under an ambitious project designed to end child marriage and FGM in the region.

«I am now going to take the responsibility of educating my colleagues on the effects of FGM, child marriage and teenage pregnancies», said Elizabeth Daniel (16). Elizabeth, a Form three student at Bomani Secondary School where she is the head girl says she will take the advantage of her position to advance anti-FGM and child marriage campaign at the public school and beyond.

The school which is located in Tarime Town Council, has about 800 students most of them girls hailing from communities prone to FGM and child marriage. «I will make good use of my position as the head girl to provide reproductive health education.

Since our school has a large number of girls, I believe I will save many of them,» Elizabeth told the ‘Daily News’ shortly after successfully attending the training held at a hotel in Tarime town last week.

Elizabeth says her dream is to become a doctor after her studies and that the training had added value on her life. She further stressed the importance of every child to be assisted in achieving her or his educational dreams instead of allowing such dreams to be cut short by harmful cultural practices.

«I would like to become a nurse or doctor and the training I have got here will enable me to realise my dream» Elizabeth pointed. Tatu Tatu( 17) another beneficiary of the training shared with this reporter a sad story about her young sister who was made pregnant at the age of 13 and promised to dedicate part of her time in fighting child marriage and teenage pregnancies.

«I have a young sister who was married at the age 14 after she become pregnant when she was only 13. She was studying at a primary school in neighbouring Kenya.

Thanks God that I have attended this training for the first time and I will now go around providing education to many young girls», Tatu who lives in the small town of Sirari, said.

On his side Joseph Mwita (16) says the training had made them understand that child marriage and FGM are illegal acts, thus he will now join the battle against the practices in the area.

«I will provide education to my family and neighbouring homes and that is what Iam going to do» Joseph who completed his ordinary secondary education (Form IV) in 2014 at Inchugu Secondary School said.

Facilitators of the training were medical and social welfare government experts from Tarime District Council. Mr Abel Gichaine, a Social Welfare Officer of Tarime District said the target was to train 60 peer educators on adolescent and health reproductive as part of fresh strategies aimed at curbing FGM and child marriage in the area under the EU funded project.

The project is jointly implemented by Plan International Tanzania and CDF, a local non-government organization currently leading anti- FGM campaign in Mara Region with Tarime District being the most targeted area.

«FGM has close effects on health reproductive and we are expecting the number of girls line up to undergo FGM in December this year to go down. After FGM many girls have been practicing unsafe sex and others becoming victims of child marriage.

These are other things that we want to end «, Mr Gichaine told the ‘Daily News’. The trained peer educators are expected to reach nearly 2,000 teenagers between May and November something which is expected to reduce the number of girls line up to undergo FGM in the five targeted wards in December .

The wards are; Sirari, Sabasaba, Susuni, Matongo and Nyamwaga, according to the official. » We are going to make close monitoring and evaluation in order to ensure that the set target is achieved «, he said.

Mr Gichaine said the government takes the EU, CDF and Plan International Tanzania as important partners supporting on-going efforts made to end FGM and child marriage in Tarime.

The Project Officer from CDF, Ms Kambibi Kamugisha said adolescent and sexual reproductive health education is keenly designed to reduce child marriage, teenager pregnancies and FGM cases in the area.

Fuente de la noticia: http://allafrica.com/stories/201605061141.html

Fuente de la imagen: https://plan-international.org/sites/files/plan/styles/xl__original/public/field/field_image_listing/201210-moz-16.jpg?itok=maFxuhJy

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Tanzania: Don’t worry, govt assures owners of private schools

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África/Tanzania/Abril 2016/Fuente:Thecitizen /Autor:Saumu Mwalimu

Resumen:El gobierno ha disipado el temor entre los titulares de los centros privados sobre sus planes para introducir tasas indicativas, diciendo que la nueva estructura, será justo para todos.

Dar es Salaam — The government has allayed the fear among owners of private schools over its plans to introduce indicative fees, saying the new structure, which will be effective from January, will be fair to both parents and them.

Speaking at a meeting in Dar es Salaam, which brought together private school owners, the Commissioner for Education, Prof Eustella Bhalalusesa, said the government was consulting researchers, among other stakeholders, to ensure the indicative fees structure becomes fair to both parties.

The Tanzania Association of Managers and Owners of Non-Government Schools and Colleges (Tamongsco) Dar es Salaam Zone hosted the meeting meant for discussing the indicative fee structure.

She insisted that the government would consider unit cost for each boarding and day school pupils. «We’re taking our time to conduct research as well as consultation in bid to come up with indicative fees which won’t affect your business, the quality of education or parents; there is no need to worry,» Prof Bhalalusesa said.

The Commissioner for Education assured the owners of private schools that the government recognised the role their schools played towards the country’s development.

The Tamongsco secretary general, Mr Benjamin Nkonya, urged the government to consider that all expenses for pupils in private school, including food, transport and medical care, were included in the indicative fee structure.

Meanwhile, the government has directed owners of schools to ensure they have only two terms per year as opposed to the current situation whereby some schools have three of them. Prof Bhalalusesa said only international schools would be allowed to have three terms.

She said the government had somteimes failed to implement projects involving children due to the terms differences.

«When some are on holidays, others are at school; we need uniformity,» Prof Bhalalusesa said.

Fuente de la noticia:http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Don-t-worry–govt-assures-owners-of-private-schools/-/1840340/3173800/-/1as52qz/-/index.html

Fuente de la imagen:http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/image/view/-/3173802/highRes/1311463/-/maxw/600/-/eypaj2/-/pic+prof+eustella.jpg

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Tanzania: Our form one students read and write at nursery level – teacher

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África/Tanzania/Abril 2016/Fuente:Thecitizen/Autor: Beldina Nyakeke

Resumen: Las escuelas secundarias públicas en Butiama no sólo luchan para hacer frente a las aulas atestadas de estudiantes, obligándolos en la mayoria de los casos a convertir las bibliotecas y los laboratorios en las aulas;  también deben luchanr con el gran número de estudiantes que aun no saben leer ni escribir

 

Butiama — Public secondary schools in Butiama not only struggle to cope with crowded classrooms forcing them to turn libraries and laboratories into classrooms; they are also battling with huge numbers of Form One students who can’t read or write.

At Kemoramba Secondary School in Butiama District, teachers say that some of the students who joined the school early this year were typical candidates for nursery school.

Mr Mayala Joseph, the school’s deputy headmaster said it was now an extra burden on the teachers: «We have been forced to teach them what they were supposed to learn at nursery school.»

This, according to the deputy head is a tricky affair because teaching preschool requires a combination of experience and certain special skills that secondary school teachers often do not possess.

The teachers are caught between rock and hard place. «We don’t have mandate to send the students back home because they have been selected to join our school, despite the fact that they can’t write and read,» the frustrated deputy headmaster explained.

Fuente de la noticia: http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/-/1840340/3171204/-/kt2745/-/index.html

Fuente de la imagen: http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/image/view/-/3171206/highRes/1310313/-/maxw/600/-/a76n3iz/-/school+pic.jpg

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Tanzania: NGOs in Shinyanga join forces to fight schoolgirl pregnancies

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África/Tanzania/Abril 2016/Fuente y Autor: WN.com

Resumen: Cuatro Organizaciones No Gubernamentales (ONG), que operan en Shinyanga Municipio, han acordado unir fuerzas para luchar contra los embarazos entre las niñas de la escuela y los matrimonios precoces. La medida tiene por objeto garantizar que las niñas puedan terminar con éxito sus estudios y lograr sus sueños de vida.

 

Shinyanga — Four Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), which operate in Shinyanga Municipality, have agreed to join forces to fight pregnancies among school girls and early marriages.

The move aims at ensuring that schools girls successfully complete their studies and achieve their life-long dreams. They are Agape, Chidep, YWCA and Weado. The organisations are set to organise various campaigns to sensitise and educate the public on the side effects of early pregnancies and marriages, which are currently on the rise.

Speaking over the weekend at the launching of the project, Agape Director John Myola, who is also the leader of the project, said they will also be in a position to track down all people behind child pregnancies and marriages and ensure they face full wrath of law.

He said they have obtained about 500m/- from the US, which will be used to fight the problem. Mr Myola noted that the project will be implemented between 2016 and 2017 and all 17 wards within the municipality are to be covered.

He noted that with current figures showing that the problem scales up; the NGOs will do all within their abilities to save young schools girls currently leaving studies due to pregnancies and marriages.

On his part, Shinyanga Municipal Community Development Officer, who was the chief guest at the project’s launching ceremony, Mr Emmanuel Ng’abi, commended the organisations for such effort, which he said will greatly benefits girls in the region.

He said that according to current statistics, Shinyanga was the leading region in early pregnancies and child marriages followed by Tabora and Mara. One of the ward executive officers who attended the event, Mr David Ong’washi, pledged full support to the project’s implementation.

Fuente de la noticia:http://article.wn.com/view/2016/04/19/NGOs_in_Shinyanga_Join_Forces_to_Fight_Schoolgirl_Pregnancie/

Fuente de la imagen: http://www.channelafrica.co.za/sabc/wcm/connect/ffbc9505-a5ab-4b11-828e-20b768a3138b/Pregnant+School+Girl.jpg?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ffbc9505-a5ab-4b11-828e-20b768a3138b

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Tanzania: Farmers urged to raise school funds

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África/Tanzania/Abril 2016/Fuente:Daily News /Autor:Suleiman Shagata

Resumen: El Sr. Godfrey Kajia administrador en la oficina del Comisionado Regional (RC),  hizo el llamado  para donar fondos para las actividades escolares como la región de Shinyanga Cooperativa Unión (SHIRECU) durante una ceremonia de graduación en la escuela secundaria Buluba.

 

COTTON growers in Shinyanga Region have been urged by the government to donate funds for school activities as Shinyanga Region Cooperative union (SHIRECU), did in yesteryears.

The union, among other initiatives, built schools for educating children.

An administrator in the office of the Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Godfrey Kajia, made the call during a graduation ceremony at Buluba Secondary School, the only school owned by SHIRECU in Shinyanga Region.

Mr Kajia, who represented the Regional Administrative Secretary (RAS), in the 26th anniversary of Buluba Secondary School, said responsibility of developing the school rests in the shoulders of cotton growers — who are the owners of the school. He said that cotton growers should organize fund raising events that involve all stakeholders in the region.

«Organize fundraising events so that you raise money that will help meet the challenges and needs that afflict your school by calling academicians, farmers ,business people and members of the public in general.

You will achieve your objectives,» said Mr Kajia. He advised the graduates to be eager to learn more after completing their Advanced Level so that they manage to fit in the society — even by becoming entrepreneurs, an undertaking that needs knowledgeable people.

The headmaster of Buluba Secondary School, Mr John Ndama, requested the government to offer financial support to their school since it is operated by farmers, most of whom cannot afford to pay school fees if they are raised. Mr Ndama said that his school still lacks a perimeter fence, a modern library, a dinning hall and more dormitories so as to accommodate more students from the region mostly those hailing from cotton growing families.

«More students in our School are children of cotton growers who are not able to afford to pay more money to cover the operations of the school. That is why we appeal to the government to extend financial support to our school,» said Mr Ndama.

A total of 39 students graduated at Buluba Secondary School in Science subjects, most of them in PCB,CBG and PCM also others took Art subjects like HGL,HKL,HGK and KLG.

Fuente de la noticia: http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/48869-farmers-urged-to-raise-school-funds

Fuente de la imagen: http://www.soko-tanzania.com/wpimages/wp00ef76b4.png

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Tanzania: School awarded 500,000/ – for excelling in examinations

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África/Tanzania/Abril 2016/Fuente: Tanzania Daily News/Autor:Peti Siyame

Resumen: El Consejo de Distrito Nkasi en la regiópn de Rukwa otorgó a una escuela primaria 500.000 /  luego de resultar en el primer lugar de la región según los resultados de la Evaluación Nacional (NSFA) . La escuela fue la primera a nivel regional entre 358 escuelas primarias y en el ámbito nacional se ubico en la posición 1250 entre 16.657 escuelas.

 

Sumbawanga — Nkasi District Council in Rukwa Region awarded Kilambo cha Mkolechi Primary School along the shores of Lake Tanganyika 500,000/- after emerging the first in the region following the 2015 National Standard Four Assessment (NSFA) results.

It is the school whose 40 pupils were forbidden to attend classes while wearing sandals popularly known here as ‘yeboyebo’ , their ‘yeboyebo’ were also burned by fire at the school ground according to the directive by the teacher on duty, Mr Baraka Mwakasege.

According to the National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECT), the assessment results show that 33 pupils from Kilambo Cha Mkolechi who sat their exams did well as the school emerged the first among 97 primary schools in Nkasi district.

The same school emerged the first at regional level among 358 primary schools and at national level it grabbed the 1,250th position among 16,657 schools.

Acting Nkasi District Council Director Misana Kwangula lauded the ‘Daily News’ for reporting the ‘yebo yebo’ foot wear incident which helped him intervene by ordering the head-teacher to buy new shoes for the pupils.

«You did a remarkable, well done job for reporting such ‘yeboyebo’ incident. The good news is that the same school has excelled impressively on the National Standard Four exams,» he said. Mr Kwangula, also the Nkasi District Education Officer (primary schools) said his council would award 500,000/- to the school.

This paper had reported that pupils of Kilambo Cha Mkolechi Primary School wearing ‘yebo yebo’ were ordered by their teacher to remove the shoes when entering in class.

Fuente de la noticia:http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/48527-school-awarded-500-000-for-excelling-in-examinations

Fuente de la imagen: http://old.solar-aid.org/project_solar_for_children/media/rural%20school%20in%20Mtwara%20Tanzania.png

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