Tanzania: Grace Naburi - Lady Behind Essay Competition

Tanzania had hardly won any international secondary schools essay competition award before 2002. But things started to change gradually thereafter when officials from the Ministry of Education and Culture looked at reasons behind the trend and sought remedy measures.

After a thorough study of the problem, Grace Naburi, 55, an official in the ministry drew a plan and forwarded it to the Permanent Secretary for scrutiny and action. The following year Tanzania become third in a East Africa Essay Competition for Secondary chools, and the rest is history.

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