Teacher Education: Tanzania Set To Release New Curricula For Nursery, Primary, Secondary

The Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) says new curricula for nursery, primary, secondary and teacher education will start being used from January 2025.

TIE is reviewing the curricula for these education levels currently with the aim of improving the documents for provision of competence-based education in the country.

TIE Director-General, Dr Aneth Komba stated this in Dodoma when he made a presentation on the envisaged new curricula while receiving views from stakeholders during an annual meeting of the heads of education institutions under the Christian Social Services Commission (CSSC).

Komba said the process to improve the current curricula is expected to take at least three years, where they are now at a stage of collecting views and needs from stakeholders to incorporate in the new document.

She said it was better that education supervisors ensure that they understand the current curricula which will still be used even after introducing new ones.

Head teacher of Faraja School for pupils with special needs, William Kivinyo, advised that English Language subject should start being taught from Standard One, unlike the current system where the subject is taught from Standard Three.

Education Coordinator for Arusha Archdiocese, Lushuru Sambwet suggested that the government should look at a means of enabling Standard Seven leavers to also have an option of choosing to join vocational education.

Another teacher from Lake Victoria School, Juma Jackson, advised that social studies subject should be taught in secondary schools from Form One to Form Four instead of primary education only.

Similarly, a teacher from Kagera, Sophia Kamelegwe, suggested that pass marks for those selected to join teacher education should be increased in order to obtain better teachers.