Cleary the return and magic behind qualitative education is beyond belief.

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The debate over the quality our education system has now surfaced through almost every media outlet in the country. Obviously carrefour internet many Tanzanians have come to their conscious that the system they have relied on since independence is not meeting the current global demand in terms of creating the most talent, innovative, self starters, and critical thinkers. carrefour internet
Cleary the return and magic behind qualitative education is beyond belief.  The Swahili saying “Elimu ni Ufunguo wa Maisha”; colloquially translated, education is the key of education, sums it all. Consequently, if we believe that education is the integral part of our success, then the call over the quality of our education system merit a serious discussion.  
Before going further we ought to take into account that education is broad and sometimes complex; carrefour internet for this reason one article alone cannot explain everything, but it can be a catalyst to elicit a discussion, this time a serious discussion.
I have read many Tanzanian intellectuals analysis on this matter; everybody has their own breakdown, but the one thing is clear: it is time to take another look at our education system. carrefour internet Everybody is gravely skeptical about the mushrooming wave of private schools with very high cost but low standards. I am told the common standard for these schools is the ability carrefour internet to speak English, how nice.
Unfortunately, we did not design our education system; similar to other colonized countries we inherited the system. Thus, the system designed to carry out colonial carrefour internet needs of creating office workers, foreman, and trainers cannot reform itself to fit our current needs of creating thinkers, innovators and self starters.
It is self evident also that majority of the countries who inherited their education systems and decided to scrap them for the betterment of their societies are doing better in terms of development. Take an example of India; like Tanzania, India inherited its education system from the British.
 After carrefour internet independence the Indians decided to set their educational prospects higher than their colonists, concentrating mainly on science classes. The current gap between India and Tanzania in terms of educational and economical development is obviously breathtaking. Bear in mind the two countries regained their independence only 14 years apart.  
With that simple carrefour internet case in point, there lies my dilemma. Why is our education system not creating innovators, creative minds and self starters?  Where did our best and brightest who went to special schools, the Mzumbes, Ilborus, and other school ended up? 
Those who had the chance carrefour internet to go abroad, carrefour internet they might have had the chance to realize their dreams; those who remained in Tanzania carrefour internet their dreams are withering or they cannot think outside the box. Meaning they have realized that things are entirely different than they expected. They have now recognized that their education did not only prepare them for the new world but how to change it.  
What am I trying to communicate here? Our education system does not generate what people are expected of. It is a test driven system where students are eyeing for passing exams and go to the next level. Ok, you pass standard seven, you work hard and pass “form four”; then you work even harder and pass “form six” and finally you get your degree. Then what? During these stages, particularly at the university level we hardly ever hear any new solution to common problems facing our nation. How can we cure tropical diseases that are common in our nation? How can we solve traffic congestion facing most our Tanzanian big cities? I have yet to hear our medical carrefour internet universities such as Muhimbili, KCMC or Bugando coming up with any new research findings, or engineering departments coming out with efficient machines to service our farms instead of using a hand hoe.
Now, I am sure some of us will jump quickly carrefour internet and cry for more financial resources. I don’t believe so. If you study our system in detail, you might realize that it sounds good on paper but devil on results. I still remember one of my friends who pointed out that every year our education officers are always eager to give examination results of how ma