Hata hilo la walimu, ni kipindi hicho hicho cha mwaka 2006.
Soma zaidi hapa chini.
The Tanzanian government's initial response to the teacher shortage was largely in keeping with the politicized nature of the policy process. In 2006 it reduced normal teaching diploma training from a two-year taught course to a one-year taught course and one year's teaching experience.
Furthermore, in an attempt to fill acute gaps even more quickly, the government instituted a "crash program" nicknamed VodaFasta (a reference to a rapid electronic airtime distribution and recharge service promoted by one of Tanzania's major mobile phone companies) through which high school leavers were "trained" in as few as three months before being dispatched to schools.35 Around the same time came a directive from former Prime Minister Lowassa to build secondary school in every ward.
While intended to address what was indeed a pressing need given large numbers of children now leaving primary school, Lowassa's action did not reflect policy. It was seen as a "blatant political decision" - described by a former ministry official as "ignoring policy, [because] that's politics."36, 37 Since that decision was taken, Tanzania has seen its secondary education sector expand faster than any other country in the world. However, the newly established "ward schools" typically exhibit much worse conditions in terms of staffing and teachers' qualifications.3