Kikwete, Malala announce major education funding

Former President Jakaya Kikwete and a Pakistani female education activist, Ms Malala Yousafzai at Kibasila Secondary School during the GPE and Malala Fund event in Dar es Salaam yesterday. PHOTO |  ROSEMARY MIRONDO

What you need to know:

  • Since joining the GPE in 2013, Tanzania has received over $344 million, which has been used to build nearly 3,000 classrooms, over 7,600 toilets, 64 teachers' houses, 18 new schools and 252 teacher resource centres, along with supplying more than 36 million textbooks.