The government is expecting to increase
pass rates from 60 to 80 per cent by 2015 as a strategy of
development in the education sector and the country in general.
Education Minister Dr Shukuru Kawambwa
made that assertion in an interview, saying that the government plans
to reach that percentage through the program of Big Results Now (BRN)
whereby significant efforts have been made to increase accessibility
of education to all people in the society.
Dr Kawambwa said in order to implement
the plans the government is determined to find ways to raise the
quality of basic education, and has set a target of improving the
pass rates in both primary and secondary schools from 60 per cent in
2013, to 80 per cent in 2015.
“Once teachers are motivated they
will teach students more effectively compared to the present, so they
will perform their tasks effectively. If a pupil has an exercise
book, sitting on a desk and has a good studying environment it will
enable him to study hard,” he asserted.
“Government through its BRN program
plans to improve the quality of schools from the primary level to
secondary level, improve Tanzania teachers by motivating them,
supporting loans when needed, the provision of subsidies in running
schools, provision of books and exercise books ,” the minister
stated.
Furthermore, BRN addresses lack of
accountability, poor availability of teaching and learning materials,
inadequate support for struggling students and poor school management
which lead to poor performance of students from primary level to
secondary level.
The quality transformation programme is
supposed to create performance transparency, motivate teachers
through incentives, provide support where it needed most and improve
the teachers’ working conditions, he added.
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