The Quality of Education In Tanzania: An Exploration Into Its Determinants
Journal of Education, Humanities & Science (JEHS),
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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Journal, 5 (3): 244-253
Cole, A.L. 1991. Relationships in The Workplace: Doing What Comes Naturally? Teaching & Teacher
Education. 7 (516): 415-426.
Dooner, A., D. Mandzuk, & R. Clifton. 2008. Stages of collaboration and the realities of
professional learning communities. Teaching and Teacher Education. 24: 564–574
Fullan, M. 1993. Change forces: Probing the depth of educational Reform. Levittown: The Falmer Press
Handelzalts, A. 2009. Collaborative Curriculum Development in Teacher Design Team. Enschede.
PrintPartners Ipskamp.
Hargreaves, A., & R. Dawe. 1990. Paths of professional development: contrived collegiality,
collaborative culture, and the case of peer coaching. Teaching and Teacher Education, 6, (3): 227-241.
Hargreaves, A. 1994. Changing teachers, changing times: teachers work and culture in the postmodern
age. Trowbridge: Rewood Books.
—. 2003. Teaching in the Knowledge Society: Education in the Age of Insecurity. New York: Teacher
Education Press.
Hord, S.M., 2002. Learning Together, Leading Together: Changing Schools Through Professional Learning
Community. Oxford: National Staff Development Council.
Kitta, S. 2004. Enhancing Mathematics Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Skills in Tanzania.
Enschede, PrintPartners Ipskamp.
Kitta, S., & F. Mafumiko. 2009. The impact of peer collaboration in enhancing mathematics
teachers' pedagogical content knowledge and skills: Lessons from Tanzania. NUE Jouinal of
lnlernational Education Cooptrationi (4): 43-54
Keedy J.L. 1999. Examining teacher instructional leadership within the small group dynamics of
collegial groups. Teaching and Teacher Education 15: 785-799.
Kothari, C.R. 2004. Research Methodology: Methods and Technique. New Delhi: Willey Eastern Ltd
Lam, S., P. Yim, & T.W. Lam. 2002. Transforming school culture: can true collaboration be
initiated? Educational Research. 44 (2): 181–195
Nieveen, N., A. Handelzalts, J. Akker, & S. Homminga. 2005. Teacher Design Teams: A Scenario for
School-Based Curriculum Innovation. Paper Presented at the ECER 2005, Dublin.
Peterson, K.D., &. T.E Deal. 1998. How Leaders Influence the Culture of Schools. Educational
Leadership, Realizing a Positive School Climate. 56 (1), 28-30
Routio, P. 2007. Sampling Methods. Retrieved on 2nd November, 2009 from http://www2.uiah.fi/
projects/metodi.
Waddoups, G.L., N. Wentworth, & R. Earle. 2004. Principles of Technology Integration and
Curriculum Development: A Faculty Design Team developing electronic Portfolios. Journal of
Computing in Teacher Education, 20 (3): 113-120.