Education department is among 19 Departments of Njombe District Council working closer to the community in implementing activities intend to attain women and children welfare livelihood improvement; to promote the use of available resources and other opportunity and to alleviate poverty within their surroundings. The Njombe district council recognizes the central role of the education sector in achieving the overall development goal of improving the quality of life of the community living in council.
The major functions of primary education are:
To consolidate and broaden the scope of baseline ideas, knowledge, skills and principles acquired and developed at the primary education level.
To enhance further development and appreciation of national unity, identity and ethic, personal integrity, respect for and readiness to work, human rights, cultural and moral values, customs, traditions and civic responsibilities and obligations.
To promote the development of competency in linguistic ability and effective use of communication skills in Kiswahili and in at least one foreign language.
To provide opportunities for the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes and understanding in prescribed or selected fields of study.
To prepare students for tertiary and higher education, vocational, technical and professional training.
To inculcate a sense and ability for self-study, self-confidence and self advancement in new frontiers of science and technology, academic and occupational knowledge and skills.
To coordinate short courses and long course training to teachers in order to develop education in general.
To facilitate and manage national examinations on behalf of the national examination council and ministry of education and vocational training.
To supervise and control income and expenditure of the department on vote 5006 and 5007.
To overcome global challenges, children need pre-primary, primary and lower to equip them with knowledge and skills to fight against ignorance, also to be used as a source of human capital for country’s economic growth. There are 52 pre-primary classrooms, 52 primary schools with 349 Classrooms, 160 pit latrines, 260 teachers’ houses. Primary schools have the capacity to accommodate 21,793 pupils served by
more than 495 Teachers. The school’s infrastructures are built by Government, Community and NGOs in collaboration with Donors.
Pre- primary education
Daycare center is an essential stage where pupils graduate to pre-primary school education which latter targets children of the ages of 5 and 6 years. In pre-primary school education, in terms of pupil’s enrollment and number of classrooms in Njombe district council have been increasing. In 2015 a total of 52 (90%) of the total requirement of pre-primary classrooms were available in the district. A total of 3,258 pupils were
enrolled out of 3,268 pupils expected to be enrolled. An increase in the number of pupils enrolled at 52 pre-primary education was 60 percent from 2013 to 2015.
