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district in 1997 may be attributed partly to the existence of
relatively few nursery schools compared to other districts.
4.1.6 Secondary Schools:
At independence (1961) the region had only 7 secondary schools.
By the end of 1994, she had the highest number of private
secondary schools in the whole country and was among the three
leading regions with the highest number of Public Secondary
Schools. The region had 62 private secondary schools while
Kagera and Iringa had 23 and 32 respectively. Public secondary
schools in Kilimanjaro were 15 while in Kagera and Iringa they
were 9 and 10 respectively. The regions with the lowest number
of Public Secondary Schools were Singida, Kigoma and Mbeya.
Those with the lowest number of private secondary schools were
Coast, Lindi, Kigoma and Mtwara. Odd as it may sound,
Mtwara by the end of 1992 had no private secondary school.
Table LIX below indicates the place Kilimanjaro region occupies
in terms of both the number of public and private secondary
schools in Tanzania Mainland while table LX indicates distribution
of secondary schools by district in the region.
TABLE LIX
Region
SITUATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KILIMANARO
REGION COMPARED TO OTHER REGIONS IN TANZANIA, 1994.
No of Public No of Private Total Rank
Secondary Schools Secondary School
122