- THE government spent at least 123.8 bn/- to renovate some 804 school facilities in the country in the recent past, Parliament heard yesterday.Deputy Minister in the President's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government Suleiman Jafo said here that in its effort to improve provision of education in the country, the government spent 56bn/- to refurbish 264 secondary schools in the country.
He added that in the second phase that saw renovation of
infrastructure and equipment in some 540 schools across the nation, the
government spent another 67.8bn/- .
“Completion of the renovation work in the schools has helped improve the learning and teaching environment in most of the public schools in the country,” said the deputy minister.
He noted that the repairs were part of activities in the secondary schools’ development programme aimed at improving provision of education in the country.
On the same note, the deputy minister noted that the government continued with plans to refurbish 89 old schools in the country. They include Ilboru, Kilakala, Mzumbe and Kibaha, whereby in the 2013/14 the government spent 12.8bn/- for infrastructural repairs.
According to the minister, in the same period, the government spent 3.5bn/- on seven technical schools of Iyungi, Moshi, Mtwara, Musoma, Bwiru Boys and Ifunda.
In the 2016/17, he said the Office of the President-Regional Administration and Local Government (TAMISEMI), in collaboration with the Tanzania Education Authority (TEA) planned to renovate some eleven old schools.
He named the schools as Mzumbe, Ilboru, Kilakala, Tabora Boys, Tabora Girls, Pugu, Nganza, Mwenge, Same and Msalato.
The deputy minister gave the explanations in response to a question by Special Seats MP Zainab Katimba (CCM) who wanted to know what the government was doing to improve learning and teaching environment in public schools in the country.
She argued that in the 2010 Form Four National Examinations there was a mass failure by students, which according to her was attributed to a poor environment in the public schools in the country.
“What is the government doing to improve schools like Ilboru, Kilakala, Mzumbe and Kibaha - among others - that were well known to perform well?” she queried.
The lawmaker also challenged the government to disband the management board of the Tanzania Education Authority (TEA), arguing that it had failed to oversee quality of education in the country.
But the deputy minister responded that education matters involved many factors which were taken care of every year in annual budgets. He said TEA was overseeing the quality of education in collaboration with other institutions, thus there was no need to disband it.
“Completion of the renovation work in the schools has helped improve the learning and teaching environment in most of the public schools in the country,” said the deputy minister.
He noted that the repairs were part of activities in the secondary schools’ development programme aimed at improving provision of education in the country.
On the same note, the deputy minister noted that the government continued with plans to refurbish 89 old schools in the country. They include Ilboru, Kilakala, Mzumbe and Kibaha, whereby in the 2013/14 the government spent 12.8bn/- for infrastructural repairs.
According to the minister, in the same period, the government spent 3.5bn/- on seven technical schools of Iyungi, Moshi, Mtwara, Musoma, Bwiru Boys and Ifunda.
In the 2016/17, he said the Office of the President-Regional Administration and Local Government (TAMISEMI), in collaboration with the Tanzania Education Authority (TEA) planned to renovate some eleven old schools.
He named the schools as Mzumbe, Ilboru, Kilakala, Tabora Boys, Tabora Girls, Pugu, Nganza, Mwenge, Same and Msalato.
The deputy minister gave the explanations in response to a question by Special Seats MP Zainab Katimba (CCM) who wanted to know what the government was doing to improve learning and teaching environment in public schools in the country.
She argued that in the 2010 Form Four National Examinations there was a mass failure by students, which according to her was attributed to a poor environment in the public schools in the country.
“What is the government doing to improve schools like Ilboru, Kilakala, Mzumbe and Kibaha - among others - that were well known to perform well?” she queried.
The lawmaker also challenged the government to disband the management board of the Tanzania Education Authority (TEA), arguing that it had failed to oversee quality of education in the country.
But the deputy minister responded that education matters involved many factors which were taken care of every year in annual budgets. He said TEA was overseeing the quality of education in collaboration with other institutions, thus there was no need to disband it.
