Need for Regulatory Framework for English-Medium Public Schools in Tanzania
Habari mpya za elimu Tanzania · maelezo ya Need for Regulatory Framework for English-Medium Public… · imesasishwa 5 Aug 2026 · habari mpya · masasisho · maelezo
Muhtasari
- Public system divided This model may be effective for cost recovery at schools, but it poses a serious policy dilemma.
- Over the past few years, a slow but deeply polarising change has been taking shape in Tanzania’s public primary schools.
- The national policy banner celebrating fee-free basic education, Elimu Bila Ada, is displayed on school walls, yet an increasing number of public primary schools have taken another route: English-medium instruction.
- Yet public schools must implement market-driven cost-sharing arrangements to survive, given the concentrated socioeconomic demand for English-language competency.
- READ MORE: Stakeholders Rattled As More Govt Primary Schools Transform Into English Mediums There is no single national policy or regulatory framework for public English-medium primary schools, so individual schools.