The Current Environment of Education in Tanzania: Challenges of Teaching / Learning Mathematics in Tanzania

Abstract

Tanzania is among the least developed countries of the world. In order to catch up in development with the rest of the world, Tanzania has to invest much more in training its manpower in science and technology. However, such an ambition will remain an illusion if a critical mass of the most important resource for development, the human resource, does not have a good grasp of mathematics. This is the reason for putting so much emphasis on the subject of mathematics in our schools, colleges and tertiary institutions. Unfortunately, teaching and learning mathematics is a big challenge worldwide and, research into ways and means of surmounting the challenges is of paramount importance (Johnson, 2000).