Education: Primary schools get Sh61 billion capitation grant
Education - The government has so far provided a total of 61bn/- as capitation grant for pupils as of March, this year, to all primary schools in the country, the National Assembly was told on Tuesday.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Local Government and Regional Administration (Education), Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa, said such amount was equivalent to 7,909/- per pupil, which is equal to 77 per cent.
The deputy minister was answering a question by Deogratius Aloys Ntukamazina (Ngara - CCM), who sought to know, among other things, when the government would bring back the citation grant of 10,000/- for each pupil instead of 200/-, which was not enough to buy books and other items. He had earlier explained that during the Primary School Development Plan I, the government was issuing 10,000/- as citation grant to each pupil for buying books, chock and other school items.
The legislator said Primary Schools in Ngara Constituency were facing critical shortage of books because only 200/- was being provided instead of the required 10,000/- for each pupil. He, therefore, sought for at least a word of the government to the people of Ngara on the problem.
In his response, the deputy minister said a total of 473m/- has already been sent to Ngara District Municipal, which is equivalent to 6,932/- for a pupil, that is equal to 69 per cent. He assured the legislator that the government would continue providing the remaining amount of 3,000/- average for a student, depending on availability of revenue at the end of 2012/2013 financial year.
Tanzania Daily News/25/04/2013
Education - The government has so far provided a total of 61bn/- as capitation grant for pupils as of March, this year, to all primary schools in the country, the National Assembly was told on Tuesday.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Local Government and Regional Administration (Education), Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa, said such amount was equivalent to 7,909/- per pupil, which is equal to 77 per cent.
The deputy minister was answering a question by Deogratius Aloys Ntukamazina (Ngara - CCM), who sought to know, among other things, when the government would bring back the citation grant of 10,000/- for each pupil instead of 200/-, which was not enough to buy books and other items. He had earlier explained that during the Primary School Development Plan I, the government was issuing 10,000/- as citation grant to each pupil for buying books, chock and other school items.
The legislator said Primary Schools in Ngara Constituency were facing critical shortage of books because only 200/- was being provided instead of the required 10,000/- for each pupil. He, therefore, sought for at least a word of the government to the people of Ngara on the problem.
In his response, the deputy minister said a total of 473m/- has already been sent to Ngara District Municipal, which is equivalent to 6,932/- for a pupil, that is equal to 69 per cent. He assured the legislator that the government would continue providing the remaining amount of 3,000/- average for a student, depending on availability of revenue at the end of 2012/2013 financial year.
Tanzania Daily News/25/04/2013
