Tanzania, Kenya form new teams to review education

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Pupils in a game at Nyeri Good Shepherd School in Kenya on March 8, 2021. Kenya and Tanzania have formed teams to review education systems. PHOTO | NMG

Days after Tanzania opened discussions on improving its education curriculum, Kenya President William Ruto named a 49-member Working Party on Education that will gather views on, among other things, assess and recommend an appropriate structure to implement the competency based curriculum, whose first cohort is in Grade 6.

Tanzanian officials say the views gathered from the public will help make learning more practical to prepare students address current problems better.