To use English as medium of instruction
ISSA YUSSUF in Zanzibar, 28th November 2009
ZANZIBAR plans to make English language a compulsory medium of instruction in primary schools, the Zanzibar Minister for Education, Mr Haroun Ali Suleiman, said here today.
Other proposed major changes in the Zanzibar education system include a compulsory two-year nursery school.
"This is the implementation of the 2-6-4 education policy endorsed in 2006, whereby nursery school will take 2 years, primary school 6 years, and 4 years for secondary school.
Mr Haroun told reporters at the newly built 'SHA Investment' Secondary School, Mombasa area that beginning 2012, English would be the medium of instruction. It begins with Standard Four.
He said that the implementation of the new system was supported by the British Council, which has promised to run English training programme for teachers.
However, the minister said that the ministry would no longer accommodate certificate students. "We have enough teachers with certificates. There are more than 2000 extra Grade III A teachers," he said.
The director of the SHA investment, Mr Ahmada Yahya Abdulwakil, said that he has been working closely with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training in construction of the new school, since February 2006.
Mr Ahmada said that his school would accommodate the best performing students including offering scholarships to students with good marks from poor families."More than 2bn/- has been spent in constructing the school. It has a modern library and Information Communication and Technology (ICT) centre," he said.
Other proposed major changes in the Zanzibar education system include a compulsory two-year nursery school.
"This is the implementation of the 2-6-4 education policy endorsed in 2006, whereby nursery school will take 2 years, primary school 6 years, and 4 years for secondary school.
Mr Haroun told reporters at the newly built 'SHA Investment' Secondary School, Mombasa area that beginning 2012, English would be the medium of instruction. It begins with Standard Four.
He said that the implementation of the new system was supported by the British Council, which has promised to run English training programme for teachers.
However, the minister said that the ministry would no longer accommodate certificate students. "We have enough teachers with certificates. There are more than 2000 extra Grade III A teachers," he said.
The director of the SHA investment, Mr Ahmada Yahya Abdulwakil, said that he has been working closely with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training in construction of the new school, since February 2006.
Mr Ahmada said that his school would accommodate the best performing students including offering scholarships to students with good marks from poor families."More than 2bn/- has been spent in constructing the school. It has a modern library and Information Communication and Technology (ICT) centre," he said.
Daily News (Tanzania)
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