Tanzania: 'Revisit Marriage Act to Allow Girl-Child Resume Studies'

THE government deserves praise for funding and promoting free education in the country that in turn has raised the number of children going to school as well as those vulnerable and living with disabilities.

Making the revelation in Dar es Salaam during the International Day of the Girl Child on Wednesday, HakiElimu Executive Director John Kalage further said as they strive to help to transform education, in and out of schools and influence policy making and effective implementation, it is high time the government also revisited some policies, which block the girl-child from fully realising her dream.

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