Informal education sector will not be scrapped, government assures

Science and Technology deputy minister William Ole Nasha

What you need to know:

  • The deputy minister underscored the importance of the informal education sub-sector.
  • According to him the sub-sector gives an opportunity for those, who failed to access formal education to be educated.

Babati. Science and Technology deputy minister William Ole Nasha has said the government has no plan of abolishing the informal education sector, which, according to him, helps those who initially missed educational opportunities.

Ole Nasha made the statement on Wednesday in Babati Town when he was speaking to teachers and students at the Institute of Adult Education in Manyara Region.

He said the government was well aware of the importance of the group of people who missed out on education in the formal sector, promising that the state would keep supporting the institute of adult education.

"The government will not do away with the informal education sector as it has huge benefits to citizens who want to develop themselves academically. So, we will give them sufficient cooperation," said Ole Nasha.

Pascal Lujuo, a tutor, said the institute was established in Manyara Region in 2004 and enabled 560 youths and adults to complete Form Four education from 2007 to 2017. He said that 61 teachers had been registered to take up diploma courses.