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Parents: your kids are being cheated by the system

The promise of free primary education has been one of the most sweeping changes to Africa’s education policy in the last fifty years. But is it really free? Corruption, mismanagement and teacher absenteeism are rife, and parents continue to pay registration fees. They should be far more incensed.

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Disabled children can and should go to school

With often over 100 children in their classrooms already, teachers in Tanzania can be unwiling to take in students with disabilities or special needs. But they have every right to an education, blogs Tanzanian education coordinator Edward Masangwa


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