Unguja, Zanzibar:
The President of Zanzibar, Dr. Hussein Mwinyi, has said that the results of the exams in the islands are not satisfactory, so he wants to see more changes after the Government improves the school infrastructure.
He made the statement on Friday January 6, 2023 while opening the Salum Turky Mpendae apartment primary school for Bint Hamrani as a continuation of celebrating the 59th anniversary of the Zanzibar Revolution which will be celebrated on January 12, 2023.
However, this year there will be no parade, instead the funds have been directed to the education sector.
“I believe that after completing these things, what needs to be done now is to get good results, right now the results of the students are not satisfactory, we want to see better results while continuing to improve the interests of the teachers,” he said.
Apart from that, he has pointed out that the only way to build a nation that has progress is education, so the priority must be on education and that is why the government is doing everything possible in that sector.
He said, the apartment school is an example of all the primary schools that should be in Zanzibar and not only have apartments but have science laboratories, libraries, computer rooms and classrooms where students will not exceed 45 per room.
“That is the real Revolution that we want and now the government is fulfilling the goal of our children getting a better education and I believe that by the year 2025 this sector will have made a big step,” he said.
Thus, he urged parents to consider that education is a good and valuable legacy that a parent can leave to their child.
Welcoming President Mwinyi, the Second Vice President of Zanzibar, Hemed Suleiman Abdulla said they still have a lot of debt; The Ministry of Education, parents, teachers and citizens ensure that they cooperate to get good results for their children.
“It will not help to have a good building and then the results are bad, so I believe that the strategy of the ministry, parents, state leaders will enable us to work together to ensure that we change the results of our children because the best education infrastructure has been set up for us by our leader,” he said.
And the Minister of Education and Practical Training, Lela Mohamed Mussa, said through the funds of Uviko 19, the ministry has built 45 new primary schools, among them 23 in Unguja and 22 in Pemba.
He said that the Ministry has already built 1,200 classrooms out of the 1,500 classrooms promised in the CCM manifesto for the year 2020/25.
The Secretary General of the Ministry, Khamis Abdulla Said, has said that the two-storey school has cost Sh4 billion and has 29 classrooms, the capacity to accommodate 1305 students with an average of 45 students in each class.
He said it has a laboratory, a computer room, library chairs, the headmaster’s office, the assistant headmaster’s office, three headmasters’ offices and 25 toilets.
“Along with that infrastructure, the government has also provided 1,305 chairs and tables for students and no student will be unable to sit down,” he said.
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Dodoma — Tanzania today confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected cases of the disease.
President of the Republic of Tanzania, Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, made the announcement during a press briefing alongside World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in the country’s administrative capital Dodoma.
“Laboratory tests conducted in Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later confirmed in Dar es Salaam identified one patient as being infected with the Marburg virus. Fortunately, the remaining suspected patients tested negative,” the president said. “We have demonstrated in the past our ability to contain a similar outbreak and are determined to do the same this time around.”
A total of 25 suspected cases have been reported as of 20 January 2025, all of whom have tested negative and are currently under close follow-up, the president said. The cases have been reported in Biharamulo and Muleba districts in Kagera.
“We have resolved to reassure the general public in Tanzania and the international community as a whole of our collective determination to address the global health challenges, including the Marburg virus disease,” said H.E President Hassan.
WHO is supporting Tanzanian health authorities to enhance key outbreak control measures including disease surveillance, testing, treatment, infection prevention and control, case management, as well as increasing public awareness among communities to prevent further spread of the virus.
“WHO, working with its partners, is committed to supporting the government of Tanzania to bring the outbreak under control as soon as possible, and to build a healthier, safer, fairer future for all the people of Tanzania,” said Dr Tedros. “Now is a time for collaboration, and commitment, to protecting the health of all people in Tanzania, and the region, from the risks posed by this disease.”
Marburg virus disease is highly virulent and causes haemorrhagic fever. It belongs to the same family as the virus that causes Ebola virus disease. Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly. Patients present with high fever, severe headache and severe malaise. They may develop severe haemorrhagic symptoms within seven days.
“The declaration by the president and the measures being taken by the government are crucial in addressing the threat of this disease at the local and national levels as well as preventing potential cross-border spread,” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa. “Our priority is to support the government to rapidly scale up measures to effectively respond to this outbreak and safeguard the health of the population,”
Tanzania previously reported an outbreak of Marburg in March 2023 – the country’s first – in Kagera region, in which a total of nine cases (eight confirmed and one probable) and six deaths were reported, with a case fatality ratio of 67%.
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In the African region, previous outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda.
Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials. Although several promising candidate medical countermeasures are currently undergoing clinical trials, there is no licensed treatment or vaccine for effective management or prevention of Marburg virus disease. However, early access to treatment and supportive care – rehydration with oral or intravenous fluids – and treatment of specific symptoms, improve survival.
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