TIE emphasises use of certified textbooks

THE Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE)  has asked teachers and officials responsible for education quality assurance to ensure the use of certified textbooks in schools.

TIE Managing Director Dr Aneth Komba said this while opening the early education teachers’ training organised by the Children in Crossfire Organisation (CiC) through its “Watoto Wetu Tunu Yetu” project in Dodoma yesterday.

The project is implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the President’s Office Regional Administration and Local government Authorities (RLGA) in Dodoma, Morogoro and Mwanza regions.

“The government insists on the proper use of textbooks and reference books that are certified. There is a procedure for books to be certified by the Commissioner of Education, so students should use books that have been approved by the government,” said Dr Komba.

In addition Dr Komba was optimistic that after the training, teachers will be able to improve teaching and learning procedures for early education pupils.

“You should supervise and make sure that teachers embrace a lively class with enough teaching materials so that the children can get skills such as reading, writing and arithmetic,” she said.

On his part, the representative of the Dodoma Regional Education Officer, who is also the Coordinator of the Watoto Wetu, Tunu Yetu Project, Lustica Turuka said the training will provide teachers with new teaching methods for early education classes.

“We hope that after this training, these teachers will be role models to other schools whose teachers did not get the opportunity to attend such training. We have chosen one teacher from each ward, we believe that the participants will impart the knowledge they will acquire to their colleagues who did not have the opportunity to attend this training,” she said.

On his part, representative, Mr Heri Ayubu, said the “Watoto Wetu Tunu Yetu” project aims at collaborating with the government and other stakeholders to continue to contribute to the improvement of the efficient provision of early education in the country.

It is expected by the end of the project it would have contributed to an increase in the number of children with reading, writing and arithmetic skills.