EDUCATIONAL experts and stakeholders have been urged to air out their views and recommendations to help in reformation of current education policy and entire system.
The invited recommendations, according
to the government, will help to install educational system for
sustainable and inclusive industrial development in the country.
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa made the
call in Dar es Salaam yesterday while officiating at the Annual
Convocation Symposium on “Tanzania Towards Industrialisation” under the
theme: ‘Rethinking Education for Self-Reliance Policy.’
In a speech read on his behalf by
Minister of State in the President’s Office, Regional Administration and
Local Government, Selemani Jafo, the premier said the government is
prepared to receive and work on recommendations from the public and
education stakeholders on the formation of self reliance education
system.
He commended the symposium organisers,
assuring the government commitment to take and execute all suggestions
made during the deliberations.
“The government is ready to receive
suggestions from experts, stakeholders and members of the general public
on restructuring of our education system to march our current
development goals to transform Tanzania into an industrial economy,” he
said.
Mr Majaliwa said having an improved
education system that matches the development goals is one of the
initiatives that the government works on to ensure the nation achieves
its economic goals by 2025.
He cited one of the initiatives as
implementation of free education policy, 2016 that aims at ensuring
equal opportunities in education delivery. Through the policy, the
government disburses 20.7b/- monthly for education in the country.
Speaking at the two-day convocation,
Judge Joseph Warioba underscored the need for a wide discussion on how
to come up with a better education system and policies for a better
future.
He said the current system do not
satisfy the needs of the nation, calling for serious reflection on the
state of education. Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dar es Salaam
Prof Rwekaza Mukandala described education for self reliance as ideal
for the nation towards achieving the educational goals for the current
situation.
He said education system ought to ensure
equal opportunities to all Tanzanians in acquiring education,
especially at this time when the nation is gearing into acquiring
sustainable industrial development.
Executive Director of HakiElimu John
Kalage said the nation ought to rethink on whether education system
supports learners to achieve personal and national ambitions for
national economic growth.
The symposium comes amid increasing
demand for serious reflection on the state of education. According to
the experts, the demand comes from rising discontent with the overall
performance of formal education at all levels.
Critics decry lack of clarity on the
aims and purposes of education in the present context, in contrast to
the shared philosophy and ideology of ‘Education for Self-Reliance’ in
the past.
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