Govt bans unethical books in schools
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- 15 Mar 2023
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The government has banned the use supplementary books in all schools across the country with content that goes against the national morals, traditions and children’s upbringing.
The ban involves both public and private schools registered in the country.
The development comes a few weeks after the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology directed education officers and quality controllers to visit all schools and libraries to identify unethical books being used by the institutions. The directives follow complaints by some stakeholders that some books being used in some schools are bad content.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Dr Francis Michael said the list of supplementary books with unethical content will be made public soon, warning that schools which will not obey the order will be deregistered.
Speaking to reporters here yesterday, Dr Michael said it has come to the government’s attention that some schools have been using supplementary books whose content is against the country’s morals, traditions and children’s upbringing.
He directed school owners to be guided by the rules, regulations and terms of their registration as well as circulars on books’ content.
“We have banned the use of books with content that is against Tanzanians’ morals in all schools and the minister in charge of the docket will issue the list soon as well as guidance on the implementation of the order” said Dr Michael. Read More…
