Private education and self-reliance in Tanzania

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Title:	Private education and self-reliance in Tanzania
Author:	Rugemalira, Josephat M.
Book title:	Globalization, democracy and development in Africa: challenges and prospects
Year:	2001
Pages:	365-376
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Tanzania
Subjects:	educational policy private education languages of instruction
Abstract:	In Tanzania the State has abdicated its role of chief provider of education. No more than five percent of the total government budget on average is being spent on education. Private schools are increasing their share of participation, quantitatively at least, because parents are desperate to give their children some education. However private schools are often of such poor quality that under normal circumstances they would not exist. For the private sector to make a significant contribution to education, an enabling legal and policy framework is crucial. To this end government action is needed at the level of policy, ministerial rules and directives, and legal provisions. Failure to resolve the issue of whether Swahili or English should be the medium of instruction is symptomatic of the confusion and the absence of an overarching national vision. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]