DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 17 -- THE government has been taking a number of initiatives to improve infrastructure, learning and teaching environment in learning institutions, with the aim of improving the education sector in the country, which deserves a pat on the back.
Equally, it has gone an extra mile by providing free education from primary to secondary education (O-Level) in public schools to ensure that every child in the country has access to basic education. Since the introduction of free education, pupils' enrollment has increased by 35.2 per cent at primary education level.
But despite all these efforts, a significant number of Tanzanian children are still out of school system as a result of a number of factors, which include distance...