As a parent, how would you feel if you discovered that your child in Standard 7 cannot read Standard 2 level Kiswahili? And how would you react when you learn that half the children who complete primary school cannot read in English at all? These and other serious findings were presented by Uwezo Tanzania in its first Annual Learning Assessment Report Tanzania 2010 that was launched on 21 September, 2010.
SAFARI ya kuboresha elimu nchini inaonekana kuwa ndefu, baada ya utafiti mpya kubaini udhaifu katika ngazi ya elimu ya msingi ambako kati ya wahitimu watano, mmoja hajui kusoma hadithi ya kiwango cha darasa la pili.Matokeo hayo ya kitafiti yanakuja wakati Serikali ikiwa imefanikiwa vema katika kuingiza wanafunzi wengi katika shule za msingi, kama ilivyobainishwa kwenye Malengo ya Maendeleo ya Milenia (MDGs).