TANZANIA MINISTER ORDER REPORT FROM CLASSROOM CONSTRUCTION

The minister of state in Tanzania, Innocent Bashungwa has ordered all Regional Commissioners (RCs) to submit reports over construction of 15,000 classrooms using Covid-19 relief funds by Tuesday this week.

The aim of the classroom construction is to improve learning environment and control spread of the Covid-19 as about 15,000 classroom is planned for construction.

We all know how terrible the Covid-19 pandemic has hit the eductaion sectors so the construction of more classroom is vital towards ensuring the low spread of the pandemic.

According to Statistics, pupils enrolment in pre-primary education in public schools show that a total of 1,363,834 students have been enrolled this year, of which 676,028 are boys and 687,806 are girls, compared to the previous year, whereby 1,198,564 students were enrolled (604,995 being boys and 593,569 girls).

While, the data further shows that 1,581,823 students were enrolled for Standard One thi year (788,620 boys and 793,203 girls) compared to 1,549,279 students enrolled last year. In secondary education, at least 907,803 students are expected to start Form One this month.

So far, the country has benefited from the Covid-19 relief funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This has helped in establishing such facilities during this pandemic period.

SOURCE: Daily News