Origin of education and development of education in Mtwara after independence in the present

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Introduction

Education can be defined as process of one generation in the society transmits its knowledge, skills, values and customs as a matter of experience to another generation .Tanzania before getting its Independence in 1961 was under colonial rule. The education system by that time was segregated as few people had accesses to school only few the sons of chiefs mostly attended the primary and secondary schools but also most of the schools were under the missionaries for example of in Mtwara is Call and vission secondary school.

Informal education refers to non structuralized education in which teaching and learning is take place according to the environment. Informal education is responsible for a large majority of all knowledge that is acquired or spread throughout an  individual’s life.

Nonformal education refers to all instruction and learning that is not performed within  organized institutions or structuralized systems, but it take place in all forms of instruction especially in our daily life experience. Therefore, this were the education that was found before education in Mtwara.

 

Origin of education and development of education in Mtwara after independence in the present

Before independence in Mtwara schools were established. Prior to this, education was informal, taught by elders in the community, and focused on building good citizenship and life skills for example how to make ornaments and how to care the family. But also non formal education was dominated among the people in the communities. Soon after independence there major change occurs in education programs. This is because some of forms of education it still continues to be used in communities especially in Mtwara region, such as non formal education is practice until nowadays. Also after independence there is development in education for example formal education introduced where there are primary education as well private primary schools opened and a universal primary education program was introduced. But also secondary schools was introduced where the number of children receiving formal education. Also Adult education emphasized self reliance, self development and community development. These programs taught literacy, numeracy, nutrition, hygiene, agricultural practices and national ambitions. Villages across Mtwara encouraged engaging in their own development projects, roads, schools, and other activities. Adult education programs repeatedly addressed the need for increased agricultural productivity, Development Colleges established like Naliendele Agriculture College. 

Education policies in Mtwara shifted to focus on the growing demands of globalization and the needs of a modern society. Children and girls became increasing. Hence Schools introduced like King David Primary school and Muntassor primary school so as to ensure that young children and girls from impoverished families are given a quality education. 

Many of the challenges that plagued Mtwara in education sector soon after independence are still prevalent, and education is still seen as the key toward long-term, sustainable improvement. The current education policies focus on increasing teacher training standards, increasing total primary enrollment, increasing girls' primary school enrollment, and increasing secondary school graduation rates. As we as in Boarding Schools like Mtwara Technical School, Alsafa secondary school and Mtwara Islamic Secondary focuses on younger students, and ensuring they have the foundational skills to succeed in secondary school. Many colleges also emphasize the need for business, entrepreneurial and legal rights education so that women and men can build and maintain a diverse range of businesses and fully participate in civic discourse

Challenges facing development of education in Mtwara

Poor working conditions, especially school environment such as toilets as well as cotters especially to the workers and students.

Poverty is a big problem in Mtwara this because some mfamilies dfail to their children to the school since they fail to afford basic needs like shelter for school, food and clothing.

Lack of willness among the children about acquaring formal education, they think that informal education is enough for them but reality is not true, formal education is very Important than informal .

Generally the structure of the formal education and training system constitutes two years for pre-primary, seven years for primary education, four years for junior secondary education, two years for senior secondary education and at least three years of tertiary education. Specifically, the education system has three levels, Basic, Secondary and Tertiary levels. Alongside with formal education there is non-formal education for adult people who lost the opportunity to get a formal education. Kiswahili is the language of instruction in primary schools and English is taught as a compulsory subject in all classes. But, some of the private primary schools use English as medium of instruction.  In Secondary Education, English is used as a language of instruction except for Swahili subject; at the end of each cycle the students write examinations which are national standardized examinations before jump to the next level. Similarly, English is the language of instruction at universities, higher learning and polytechnic institutions.

Education policies and acts before independence in the Tanzania to the present

Universal primary education becomes compulsory and all school fees were abolished.

in this act the education system was to be free for all public secondary schools, this was intended so that a number of students could increase.

Education was to be provided in such way that no racial and religion discrimination, so all people had opportunity to attend in all schools.

Not only that but also there was introduction Regional integration, that the schools got students from different regions so that the students could know each other and establish friendship that brought National unit especially through boarding schools.

Schools were to be built in areas that had no enough schools compared to other areas , For example in coastal areas missionaries didn't built a lot of schools as most of the people in this area were Muslims who didn't allow their children to study in Christian schools fearing that they may be converted. The other example is, some areas had good climatic condition and good soil for the European to live and also to establish economic activities, compare reserved ares like Mtwara, Kigoma and Rukwa with Kilimanjaro, Kagera ang Tanga.

Reference  

https://books.google.com/books?id=bWW_r5ZjOI8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

 

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