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Assessing primary education reforms in Tanzania

Tanzania started the Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP) in 2002, designed to improve both access and quality. Due to the pressure resulting from high pupils/classroom ratio and high pupil/desk ratio, the government introduced a number of reforms to cope with the situation. This paper analyses the impacts of these reforms on the quality of education.

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