Book tip: Africa is being poor-governed or How to really help Africa.
For anyone critically engaged with Africa’s problems, an inspiring book by Volker Seitz, who mentions SCHULBANK as a lighthouse project.
School Ranking 2014: The latest results for elementary school in Tanzania are in.
Every year in Tanzania, the graduation results are summarized in a large ranking. The so-called PSLE ranking is carried out by the Ministry of Education and is an officially recognized instrument for evaluating elementary school throughout the country. Anyone who would like to find out more can download the ranking from the website of the National Examinations Council of Tanzania. Read more
The role and impact of private schools in developing countries
This study by the University of Birmingham is very interesting. Unfortunately, the proportion of African countries in this study is not very high. However, its conclusions are largely consistent with our experience in Tanzania.
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What is the difference in the quality of education provided by Government and Private Primary Schools in Tanzania?
Julitha Cecilia John from the University of Oslo asked herself this question and published a corresponding study in 2009. It is interesting, but also understandable, that the quality of education is assessed and measured differently depending on the type of respondent (pupils, parents, teachers, head teachers). As a result, there are clear recommendations for state elementary school to follow the processes and structures of private schools.
For us at Schulbank, the question of state or private school is primarily about our children, not the costs. They should receive a good education and the same opportunities as the children of wealthy parents.
From this perspective, we prefer to work with private schools until state schools improve under the increasing pressure to act.
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Uwezo Report 2012 – Are our children learning?
Although every child in Tanzania who has achieved at least Standard 3 should have mastered basic literacy and numeracy skills at the Standard 2 level, in reality this goal is far from being achieved.