Dar es Salaam, June 24 -- AS nursery, primary and secondary schools open after almost three months of closure due to COVID-19 pandemic, the main concern in Zanzibar will be overcrowding in primary school classrooms.

Many classrooms particularly in primary schools are overcrowded due to sharp increase in the number of pupils due to implementation of free education policy overwhelm available facilities. Some classes accommodate more than 200 students with a single or three teachers to manage the students.

According to the Director of Pre-Primary and Primary Education, Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Ms Safia Ali Rijali, schools are overwhelmed by a big number of children who have been enrolled since free education policy wa...