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Tanzania: UN Donates Libraries to Schools
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The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
21 July 2008
Posted to the web 22 July 2008
Kagashe Beatus And Maria Sanga
The United Nations has donated 12 libraries to primary schools in Dar es Salaam, the Coast Region and Zanzibar.
The donation was made through World Tourism Organisation- STEP- of Southern Korea.
First Lady Mama Salma Kikwete received the donation on behalf of all primary pupils at Mlimani Primary School. She thanked the donors for the assistance saying it would be of great help to a lot of people.
"I thank the special advisor to the UN Secretary-General Ambassador Dho young shim, Deputy UN Secretary-General Dr Asha Rose Migiro and the President of Korea Speciality Contractors Association for sponsoring this project," said Mama Kikwete.
Every region will get four libraries under the Small Library Project while each library will get 1,000 course books and 4,000 reference books.
The First Lady urged teachers to make sure the libraries and books were utilised and managed well for the benefit of other generations to come.
"Providing education to children is the only solution to the fight against poverty and ignorance in the country," she said while urging other donors to give more assistance to education.
Mama Kikwete also said the government, which has allotted 19 percent of the 2008/9 Budget to education, was in the process of improving the sector.
But she added that there would be need for assistance from donors to enable the government to step up its efforts to provide better education for every child through the Primary education Development programme (PEDM).
According to the First Lady, 97 per cent of children of school-going age are currently being enrolled in various schools countrywide. The remaining 3 percent would be fulfilled before 2015, she said.
Meanwhile, Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Abbas Kandoro urged local authorities in the country to budget for libraries to provide books for use by both students and teachers.
The RC called on councillors and also Tanzanians working outside the country to play a pivotal role in promoting education in the country.
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He said in Dar es Salaam there are 336 government primary schools and 129 private schools, which needed assistance with library facilities.
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