Dar es Salaam, Feb. 1 -- DODOMA: PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa said the government spent 1.29tri/- in the past two years on education infrastructure development projects in a bid to improve teaching and learning environment in public primary and secondary schools.

Premier Majaliwa told the National Assembly on Thursday that of the disbursed total amount, 484.3bn/- was allocated to construction of new 342 pre-primary and primary schools with 9,189 classrooms.

He gave the statistics when giving a report on the implementation of new Education and Training Policy 2023 and Education Curriculum which has come into effect in January 2024.

The curriculum which was approved by President Samia Suluhu Hassan in November last year meant to have i...