Education Service

Pre Primary Education

There are 347 pre-primary school classes in the region of which 347 are government owned and only 4 are private. However, there are 22,087 pre- primary pupils whereby 11,107 are male and 10,980 are female. The table 4.1 below indicates the detailed information.

Status of Pre-primary education in Rukwa Region by 2014

Source: Regional Education Office, June 2014.

Primary Education

The region has 357 Primary Schools out of which 353 are public primary schools and four (4) are privately owned. All schools have a total of 201,012 pupils whereby 100,201 are boys and the rest 100,801 girls.This information is explained in table 4.2 hereunder.

Source: Regional Education Office, June 2014

Number of Teachers and thei Academic qualification

There are 4,649 teachers in the region in the following classification: B/C      61, Grade IIIA 4,422, Diploma 112, First Degree 53, and Masters Degree 1. However, the region needs 5,126 teachers. In this regard, there is a shortage of 946 teachers in the region.

Post Primary Vocational Training Schools.

There are four (4) Post Primary Vocational Training schools in the region,  one

• in Nkasi, two (2) in Sumbawanga Rural and one (1) in Sumbawanga Municipal.

The schools are experiencing the following challenges:-

• Shortage of teachers
• Shortage of classrooms rooms and
• Outdated equipments/facilities.

The region lacks Vocational Training Centres (VETA) up to now there is no any Vocational Training Centres (VETA).

Secondary Education

The region has a total of 80 secondary schools, among which 68 are public and 12 are privately owned. Distribution of secondary schools in each council is as seen in table 4.7.

Total number of secondary schools in each council.

Colleges/Universities.

The region has four (4) Teachers’ Training Colleges (TTC) - Sumbawanga, St.Aggrey, Rukwa and St. Maurus Chemchem that produces Grade IIIA Teachers and Diploma Teachers. Sumbawanga TTC also provides certificates in Domestic Science.

The region has only one Open University Centre which came into operation since 21st September 2000. To date, the centre has already awarded diploma and degrees to many candidates in different fields.

Identified Opportunities  for investment in Education.

• Pre Primary schools;
• English medium Primary schools;
• Special primary schools for disabled students;
• Vocational Training Centres;
• Colleges for various skills;
• Supply of training materials (Bookshops, laboratory equipments, chemicals etc.);
• Supply of sports material and equipments;
• Boarding/hostel facilities;
• Universities or University faculties.