In Zanzibar, there is a shortage in over 250 schools, which
has been the focus of government and education union action. Their issue for
both is to determine how they can train, recruit, and retain teachers in their
teaching jobs. Factors such as, working conditions are causing teachers to quit
and leave their profession. The government’s attempt to overcome the problem
include looking for help from foreign volunteers, motivating teachers by
improving their living conditions, and higher investments in teacher training
to provide more qualified teachers. The people of this community are
complaining that enough was being done to ensure enough qualified teachers. The
good teachers have been departing Zanzibar to go to the Tanzanian mainland and
outside Tanzania to find better living and working conditions. They have been
advocating for better working conditions and lobbying through member of the
House of Representatives to insist that the government invest enough to fund
education.
This shortage of teachers is causing the students the
inability to reach their full potential. They are not able to take the opportunity
of receiving a good education and it is putting them behind from the rest of
the children around the world. It is causing these students to obtain low
performance and not exceed in the manner that they are able to. The shortage of
teachers is unfair to the students and is keeping them in a form of inequality
because they are not receiving the same education as others. Not having enough
good teachers will keep the students from bettering themselves and providing
for hope for their families.
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