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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012)

The Quality of Education In Tanzania: An Exploration Into Its Determinants

https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v1i1.154
Sam Maghimbi
mallya
Mateng’e
Onditi
Mark A. Hamilton
Mahonge, C.P Mahonge,
Kafyulilo

Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012)

Abstract

Recent rapid expansion in school enrolment at all levels represents a profound challenge
to parents and the government in Tanzania. There has been a very high increase in the
number of school-going-age children from year to year due to high fertility. Government
resources are thinly spread in very many schools, and there is fear that quality of
education may be compromised. The paper presents the argument that there is in
evidence a government-will-pay (gwp) attitude in the parents’ values. The parents’
contribution to secure improvement in quality of education is not forthcoming because
of this belief, which is traced to the twenty-five years (1967-1992) of socialist ideology.
The paper also considers the argument that high fertility contributes to low education
quality. Too many children are born when in fact government resources are thinly
spread, and the parents remain gripped in the gwp mentality. Rapid population increase
further worsens a situation which is already bad. The paper underscores the need for a
range of social policy interventions to alleviate the situation.

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