I will be referring to Karen Mundy’s chapter on Educational for All: The View from Tanzania to Kenya to highlight the historical evolution of educational development in Tanzania. Mundy speaks to the long history of governmental efforts made in Tanzania to use education to support economic and social development. She provides an extensive historical overview of Tanzania’s educational development, starting from Nyerere’s policy of “Education for Self-Reliance” to the abolishment of user fees for primary education in 2003. This would be useful in my study as I …show more content…
This resource is useful in my study for highlighting both the historical evolution of educational development in Tanzania, as well as the several limitations to the Universal Primary Education Development Program that I too will be underlining in my paper.
2. Yusuph, K. (2013). Quality Primary Education in Tanzania: A Dream or Reality? International Journal of Independent Research and Studies, 2(3), 109-118.
Kambuga Yusuph’s article on the Quality Primary Education in Tanzania: A Dream or Reality? provides an extensive quantitative study on the quality of education in Tanzania. This is a central literature to review as it outlines key improvements made by eradication of school fees including increasing enrollment in the universal primary education. However, his article more importantly speaks to the lack of attention made on the quality of education …show more content…
His article highlights many statistical accounts of low passing rates and decreasing budgets on educations. More importantly, his work provides qualitative study on the districts of Chamwino and Bahi in the region of Tanzania where he highlights interviews conducted and results speaking to the low quality education in Tanzania, which would be useful in my study. His article provides teachers’ response to increasing class sizes of up to nearly 90-120 students in one class, and how teaching and learning was negatively affected. Additionally, his article also provides interview accounts in which teachers speak to limited resources provided by government funding. Therefore, Yusuph’s article will be useful in my study to provide qualitative data on the decreasing educational quality in Tanzania and the negative affects it has on teaching, learning, and student