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07489aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 CE51D786EC6A11E7AF65C16E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171229012527 008 170307s2017 nyubo b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1623134412 020 $a 9781623134419 035 $a (OCoLC)974705822 040 $a NLA $b eng $c NLA $d VP@ $d NLA $d OCLCQ $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a f-tz--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/f-tz 050 4 $a LC213.3.T34 $b M37 2017 100 1 $a MartiÌnez, Elin, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016042786 245 10 $a "I had a dream to finish school" : $b barriers to secondary education in Tanzania / $c [Elin MartiÌnez]. 246 3 $a Barriers to secondary education in Tanzania 246 18 $a Tanzania : $b "I had a dream to finish school" 264 1 $a [New York, N.Y.] : $b Human Rights Watch, $c [2017] 300 $a 109 pages : $b color map, color photographs ; $c 28 cm 500 $a "February 2017"--Table of contents page. 500 $a "This report was researched and written by Elin MartiÌnez, researcher in the children's rights division at Human Rights Watch"--Acknowledgments. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 00 $t Increase the Availability of Secondary Schools and Hostels^^^ $t Many Students Still Face Significant Financial Barriers -- $t The Abolition of School Fees Has Left Significant Gaps in School Budgets -- $t Primary School Exam Policy Blocks Access to Secondary Education -- $t Infrastructure is Poor and Transportation to Schools is Inadequate -- $t Corporal Punishment is Endemic in Secondary Schools -- $t Girls Face Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, and Expulsion Due to Pregnancy or Marriage -- $t Secondary Education Remains Inaccessible to Many Students with Disabilities -- $t The Quality of Secondary Education is Poor -- $t Out-of-School Adolescents Have Limited Options To Complete Lower-Secondary Education -- $t Key Recommendations: $t To the Government of Tanzania: $t Ensure Access to Free Secondary Education for All Adolescents -- $t Phase Out the Use of Exams as Filter to Select Students for Secondary Education -- $t Increase the Availability of Secondary Schools and Hostels^^^ 505 00 $9 ^ $t Right to Inclusive and Accessible Education^^^tels^^^ $t End Discriminatory Barriers and Sexual Abuse Against Girls in Schools -- $t Guarantee Inclusive Education for All Students with Disabilities -- $t Strengthen Quality Education in All Secondary Schools -- $t To International Donors and UN Agencies -- $t Methodology -- $g I. $t Background: Secondary Education in Tanzania: $t Tanzania's Education System -- $t Government Efforts to Accelerate Progress in Secondary Education: $t Secondary Education Development Programme and Big Results Now -- $t Free Education in Tanzania -- $t International Development Commitments -- $t Social and Economic Barriers Keeping Children Out of Secondary School: $t Vulnerable Children -- $t Child Marriage -- $t II. $t Tanzania's International Legal Obligations: $t Right to Secondary Education -- $t Quality of Education -- $t Right to Inclusive and Accessible Education^^^tels^^^ 505 00 $9 ^ $t Sexual Exploitation and Harassment Against Girls in Schools: $t Protection from Child Marriage and Child Labor -- $g V. $t Barriers to Accessing Secondary Education: $t Costs of Education in Secondary Schools: $t Impact of the Abolition of School Fees -- $t Financial Barriers Affecting Poor Students -- $t Many Students Left Out of Education -- $t Make-or-Break Exam as Barrier to Access Secondary Education: $t Poor School Infrastructure -- $t Inadequate Transportation -- $g IV. $t Corporal Punishment and Humiliating Treatment: $t Corporal Punishment as State-Sanctioned Practice -- $t Widespread Use of Corporal Punishment -- $g V. $t Barriers, Discrimination and Abuse Against Female Students: $t Exclusion of Pregnant Girls and Adolescent Mothers: $t Compulsory Pregnancy Checks in Schools -- $t Difficult Return to School After Pregnancy -- $t Sexual Exploitation and Harassment Against Girls in Schools: 505 00 $9 ^ $t Phase Out the Use of Exams as Filter to Select Students for Secondary Education:: $t Lack of Reporting and Accountability -- $t Lack of Adequate Sanitation Facilities and Menstrual Hygiene Management -- $t Lack of Access to Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Education -- $g VIII. $t Lack of Accessible Schools -- $g VII. $t Lack of Quality Education in Secondary Schools: $t Poor Teaching Quality: $t Lack of Qualified Teachers -- $t Large class sizes -- $t Lack of mathematics and science teachers -- $t No Support for Students' Transition to English as Instruction Language -- $t Insufficient Textbooks and School Materials -- $g VIII. $t Lack of Adequate Educational Alternatives for Children Who Drop Out -- $t Recommendations: $t Ensure Access to Free Secondary Education for All Adolescents: $t Government of Tanzania -- $t Ministry of Education, Science and Technology -- $t Phase Out the Use of Exams as Filter to Select Students for Secondary Education:: 505 00 $9 ^ $t Support the Government of Tanzania in its Efforts to Fully Realize the Right to Secondary Education: $t Increase the Availability of Secondary Schools: $t Government of Tanzania -- $t Guarante Safe and Affordable Transportation: $t Minister of Works, Transport and Communication -- $t End Corporal Punishment and Sexual Abuse in Schools: $t Ministry of Education, Science and Technology -- $t End Discriminatory Barriers and Sexual Abuse Against Girls in Schools: $t Ministry of Education, Science and Technology -- $t Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, the Elderly and Children -- $t Guarantee Inclusive Education for All Children with Disabilities: $t Government of Tanzania -- $t Ministry of Education, Science and Technology -- $t Strengthen Quality Education in All Secondary Schools: $t To the greatest extent possible given the availability of resources: $t Government of Tanzania -- $t Ministry of Education, Science and Technology -- $t Support the Government of Tanzania in its Efforts to Fully Realize the Right to Secondary Education: 505 00 $9 ^ $t Acknowledgments. $t Urge the Government to Repeal Laws and Policies That Violate the Right to Secondary Education and Other Child Rights: $t To International Donors and United Nations Agencies -- $t Urge the Government of Tanzania to Comply with its International and Regional Obligations: $t African Union -- $t Acknowledgments. 530 $a Also available on the Human Rights Watch website. 520 $a "The report, "'I Had a Dream to Finish School': Barriers to Secondary Education in Tanzania," examines obstacles, including some rooted in outmoded government policies, that prevent more than 1.5 million adolescents from attending secondary school and cause many students to drop out because of poor quality education. 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