“I Had a Dream to Finish School”
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FEBRUARY 2017 ISBN: 978-1-6231-34419<br />
<strong>“I</strong> <strong>Had</strong> a <strong>Dream</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Finish</strong> <strong>School”</strong><br />
Barriers <strong>to</strong> Secondary Education in Tanzania<br />
Map .................................................................................................................................... I<br />
Summary and Key Recommendations ................................................................................. 1<br />
Methodology .................................................................................................................... 20<br />
I. Background: Secondary Education in Tanzania .............................................................. 23<br />
Tanzania’s Education System .................................................................................................. 25<br />
Government Efforts <strong>to</strong> Accelerate Progress in Secondary Education ...........................................28<br />
International Development Commitments ............................................................................... 31<br />
Social and Economic Barriers Keeping Children Out of Secondary School ................................ 32<br />
II. Tanzania’s International Legal Obligations ................................................................... 36<br />
Right <strong>to</strong> Secondary Education ................................................................................................. 36<br />
Quality of Education ............................................................................................................... 39<br />
Right <strong>to</strong> Inclusive and Accessible Education ............................................................................ 40<br />
Protection from Violence, including Sexual Violence, Corporal Punishment and Cruel and<br />
Degrading Forms of Punishment ............................................................................................. 41<br />
Protection from Child Marriage and Child Labor ....................................................................... 43<br />
III. Barriers <strong>to</strong> Accessing Secondary Education .................................................................. 45<br />
Costs of Education in Secondary Schools ................................................................................ 45<br />
Make-or-Break Exam as Barrier <strong>to</strong> Access Secondary Education ............................................... 50<br />
Poor School Infrastructure ...................................................................................................... 53<br />
Inadequate Transportation ..................................................................................................... 54<br />
IV. Corporal Punishment and Humiliating Treatment ......................................................... 57<br />
Corporal Punishment as State-Sanctioned Practice ................................................................. 57<br />
Widespread Use of Corporal Punishment ............................................................................... 60<br />
V. Barriers, Discrimination and Abuse Against Female Students ........................................ 64<br />
Exclusion of Pregnant Girls and Adolescent Mothers ............................................................... 65<br />
Sexual Exploitation and Harassment Against Girls in Schools .................................................. 71