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Clarification Regarding Form IV Results

31 May 2013 new | Announcements

In the past month Twaweza and our Head Rakesh Rajani have received many requests for explanation regarding the 2012 Form IV results, and the decision of the Tanzania government to revise the results.

Barua kwa Waziri Mkuu | 298.45 KB
Letter to the Prime Minister | 357.89 KB

Re-emerging after immersion

28 May 2013 new | Announcements

We are back and our offices are open. We are re-energised and enthused and filled with stories to share, as well as lessons for our work.

Back from immersion

16 May 2013 | Announcements

From May 18 to 26 our offices were closed and the entire Twaweza team was in Central Kenya on immersion. We stay in people's homes, share community responsibilities (hopefully without causing too much damage), and generally go with the flow. The point is to challenge our assumptions, and get a better sense of our contexts, particularly about how and which citizens make things happen.

Immersion Concept Note | 310.25 KB

Schooling is not learning

16 May 2013 | Announcements

The Centre for Global Development (CGD) has released a report calling for widespread adoption of national learning assessments as a means to drive education reform. Seeking to inform the next generation of the Millennium Development Goals, CGD argues that education should focus on learning rather than enrollment. Twaweza Board member and ASER director Rukmini Banerji co-chaired the report, and Twaweza Head Rakesh Rajani served as one of its authors.

CGD School is not Learning | Report | 868.99 KB

OGP seeks researchers to evaluate progress in countries

16 May 2013 | Announcements

The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) is seeking individuals to carry out research at the national level in 39 countries, including Kenya and Tanzania, to assess government progress on implementation of OGP Action Plans.

Citizens give views on the learning crisis in Tanzania

14 May 2013 | Announcements

Parents perceive a downward trend in the quality of secondary schooling, and largely blame the government and teachers for the decline. These findings were collected through Africa's first nationally representative mobile phone survey, Sauti za Wananchi.