Anna Rabin at Thinkafricapress.com argues that language of instruction guidelines in Tanzania’s education system are creating exclusive social and professional classes and undermining many students’ ability to learn as well as the quality of teaching. Rabin reports that Twaweza partner Uwezo’s recent finding that there are standard seven graduates that cannot read and comprehend a story in either Kiswahili or English has given fresh momentum to the debate about the language of instruction in Tanzania. She also shows that poor English competency, which is common even among university graduates, is a barrier to employment in Tanzania’s highly competitive job market. Read more.
Anna Rabin wa Thinkafricapress.com anatoa rai kuwa miongozo ya lugha ya kufundishia ya Tanzania inajenga matabaka ya kiujuzi na kijamii na inadidimiza uwezo wa wanafunzi kujifunza na kiwango cha ufundishi . Rabin anaripoti kuwa matokeo ya utafiti wa Uwezo kuwa wanafunzi wa darasa la saba wanashindwa kusoma na kufahamu Kiswahili na Kiingereza yanaleta mvuto mpya mjadala kuhusu lugha ya kufundishia nchini Tanzania. Rabin pia anaonesha umahiri duni wa Kiingereza, hata miongoni mwa wahitimu wa vyuo vikuu ni kikwazo kwa ajira nchini Tanzania, ambako ushindani unaongezeka kwenye soko la ajira . Soma zaidi .