keteka
Senior Member
- May 12, 2013
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MH. DKT. LUCAS WEBIRO : EXPLAIN ACUTE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS FACE BUNDA TOWN,MARA.
Bunda Town Community Based secondary schools.
The twenty Community Based secondary schools in Bunda are faced with acute educational
problems with :The lack of Essentials learning and teaching materials in the schools and the
acute poverty in Bunda contributes significantly to the failure of the students in the national
examinations, majority of the candidates procured (Division Four) with low grades which are not
functional for further education.Leading to the creation of a group of unemployable youths, who, later, take to unbecoming habits of smoking marijuana, drinking, prostitution, and wasting their energy and time playing pool(snooker).
Some of the identified causes of failure were listed as follows:
The lack of qualified secondary school teachers.
The lack of housing for teachers.
The absence of science laboratories, libraries and textbooks.
Over-crowded classrooms.
The absence of water, electricity and hostel for girls.
The lack of motivation among learners.
The long distance covered to and from schools.
The lack of parents/guardians to motivate their children
Students playing hooky in order to obtain some paid jobs at the fishing villages and in small scale mining centres/commercial centres.
Unsatisfactory learning environments because of the absence of electricity at nights.
With such poor results a message of encouragement on tips of passing the National Examination Council of Tanzania was delivered to teachers and students in all 20 secondary schools.
Bunda Town Community Based secondary schools.
The twenty Community Based secondary schools in Bunda are faced with acute educational
problems with :The lack of Essentials learning and teaching materials in the schools and the
acute poverty in Bunda contributes significantly to the failure of the students in the national
examinations, majority of the candidates procured (Division Four) with low grades which are not
functional for further education.Leading to the creation of a group of unemployable youths, who, later, take to unbecoming habits of smoking marijuana, drinking, prostitution, and wasting their energy and time playing pool(snooker).
Some of the identified causes of failure were listed as follows:
The lack of qualified secondary school teachers.
The lack of housing for teachers.
The absence of science laboratories, libraries and textbooks.
Over-crowded classrooms.
The absence of water, electricity and hostel for girls.
The lack of motivation among learners.
The long distance covered to and from schools.
The lack of parents/guardians to motivate their children
Students playing hooky in order to obtain some paid jobs at the fishing villages and in small scale mining centres/commercial centres.
Unsatisfactory learning environments because of the absence of electricity at nights.
With such poor results a message of encouragement on tips of passing the National Examination Council of Tanzania was delivered to teachers and students in all 20 secondary schools.