Variety of textbooks increases subject understanding, ideas

The Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Professor Joyce Ndalichako speaks during the opening of High Education Summit  in Dar es Salaam last month.PHOTO|FILE

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This is due to the fact that many textbooks present different ideas and ways of describing a topic. The government decision based on an erroneous assumption, generalising private publishers as incompetent and dishonest.