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When school inspection doesn't deliver

How effective is the system for school inspections at safeguarding the quality of instruction in Tanzania? Prompted by massive failures of students in mathematics and science subjects in recent years, the Controller and Auditor General audited the secondary schools' Inspectorate Programme during 2008.

The key finding from the audit, as revealed in a policy brief prepared by Uwazi, is that the system established for inspection of Secondary Schools in Tanzania is functioning poorly and fails to safeguard quality of instruction and its improvement.
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Aug 30 2010

How are Health Centres Managed?

Primary Health Care facilities are the first place of contact for most citizens seeking treatment or preventive services in Tanzania. But how efficiently are they run?
Growing concerns over the quality of service they offer prompted the Controller and Auditor General to undertake a performance audit of a sample of the facilities during 2008.The findings released recently suggest there are significant shortfalls
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Aug 12 2010

Do people prefer active MPs?

What sort of MPs do people prefer? Do voters care about how much their MPs have held the executive to account on the floor of the Bunge? One indicator for answering these questions is to analyze the relationship between active/dormant MPs and their performance in the preferential polls of CCM.

In this note six key facts are presented regarding the relationship between the participation of MPs in Parliament and their performance in the CCM polls.
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Jun 25 2010

Will Shs 1.5 trillion be well managed?

The Controller and Auditor General (CAG) released the first value for money (performance) audit of road works in Tanzania. This brief summarises the findings of this audit.

The audit concludes that road works are not well managed and that economy, efficiency and effectiveness of road construction can not be assured. Of the ten road projects audited the Auditor General finds not one that was completed on time; the final cost was 57% higher than what was originally budgeted.

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Mar 25 2010

Fighting Malnutrition in Tanzania

This note, done in association with Sikika and Policy Forum shows that in 2010 another 43,000 children will die prematurely in Tanzania because they are malnourished. It argues that many of these deaths could have been prevented if Tanzania would introduce fortified flour and cooking oil. The authors estimate there would be 6,700 less child deaths per year. In addition it would bring a net annual economic benefit of Tshs 153 billion. More ...

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