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Tanzania may be a poor country but virtually every child goes to school for eight years. Facilities in the rural areas are primitive, less so in the urban areas. Information on education in Tanzania. A number of school going children in Tanzania (esp. rural areas) are not attending school simply because their parents cannot even afford school uniform let alone school fees.

The literacy rate in the country is at an all time low, with most std 7 leavers unable to read and write at the expected level as their peers in the region. we have moved from highs of almost 70% to almost 40% .

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was born out of a decision taken on March 25th, 1970, by the East African Authority, to split the then University of East Africa into three independent universities for Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

The University of Dar es Salaam consists of six faculties, five institutes and two colleges:

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; Faculty of Commerce and Management; Faculty of Education; Faculty of Engineering; Faculty of Law; Faculty of Science; Institute of Development Studies; Institute of Kiswahili Research; Institute of Marine Sciences; Institute of Production Innovation; Institute of Resource Assessment; the University College of Lands and Architectural Studies and the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences.

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