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Scaling quality pre-primary education in Tanzania
Children in Crossfire
£600,000
October 2022 - September 2025
121,302 beneficiaries

Children in a pre-primary education classroom

In 2016 the Government of Tanzania announced free and compulsory pre-primary education for all children to help them be ready for entering primary school. Enrolment increased rapidly and schools were not able to cope with the number of new students, resulting in overcrowding, insufficient trained teachers and limited understanding of how to effectively implement pre-primary education.
 
Children in Crossfire have been working with the government to demonstrate how play-based learning can be implemented effectively to help prepare students for primary school. They are currently working in 232 schools and this project will scale their model to a total of 733 schools in the Dodoma region, reaching 120,000 children.
 
This project aims to:

• Increase in the number of children attending pre-primary education in the Dodoma region
• Increase the percentage of children demonstrating school readiness competencies at the end of one year of pre-primary education, including physical, cognitive, social, and emotional competencies
• Ensure at least 50% of schools in Dodoma reach minimum quality standards for effective pre-primary education
• Ensure at least 60% of pre-primary teachers are trained and proficient in delivery play-based learning

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