Key Considerations from the Kuyenda UX Research
Country Overview
In Tanzania, rural youth are one of the most financially excluded groups, with 45% having neither formal nor informal financial services. Rural youth are people in rural areas aged between 16 to 24 years old (about 4.4 million people or 16% of the Tanzanian population over the age of 16). (2017 FinScope Study) Understanding if there is a correlation between the financial exclusion of rural youth and unequal access to education from a public service delivery perspective, would be an interesting line of inquiry.
Education System Information
Basic reading in terms of being able to read a simple Standard 2 level Swahili text was at less than 50% among a sample survey child in Standard 3. (UWEZO 2015). Less than a third of the same sample size could do multiplications that they were required to learn in Standard 2. (UWEZO 2015). Tanzania has a 68 % primary school completion rate, just above the average for low-income countries. According to BEST, 2015, pass rates in primary and secondary level national examinations ranged between 50 -70% for the years 2010 to 2015. The completion rate of the primary education area is 90% due to free primary education. The entry rate for secondary education is about 40%. 100% of the respondents have been engaged twice by the authorities.
Key Stakeholders Identified by the Rural Youth
Key Stakeholders in the education system are the District Education Officers, Ward Education Officers, School Boards/Committees, Teachers Associations, Members of Parliament, Parents/community, School Heads, NGOs Additional, Ministry of education, President’s Office, Regional administration, Local governments and Ministry of Health.
Challenges Identified by Rural Youth
The major problems being encountered in schools are:
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- lack of infrastructure and resources,
- distance to schools due to few schools,
- complex learning curriculum,
- and the digital access gap