· Train more teachers to address overcrowding issues · Expand its ‘inclusive education system’ to ensure children with special needs receive equal opportunities (this programme has been introduced in 46 schools to date) A good number of school aged children do not attend school either through dropout or being never enrolled. There are a number of reasons attribute to this situation which include early marriages, teenage pregnancies, lack of parents awareness on importance of education poverty and many others. In 2005 it is estimated that over 20 percent of primary school children are dropouts before completing the basic educations cycle. To intervene this situation the Government has introduced an alternative education programme and GENPROM, through which dropouts were supported to rejoin schools and given learning materials to facilitate their studies: However, participation of girls in this programme is not satisfactory as indicated in Table below. Table No. 10: Enrolment in alternative education in Zanzibar by sex 2002 – 2005. Year No. Centres of Enrolment M F 63 20.% T 2002 4 247 (79.7%) 310 2003 8 240(70.1%) 93 (27.9%) 333 2004 11 279(72.8%) 104(27.2%) 383 2005 12 328(80.%) 79(19.4%) 407 Source : Ministry of Education and Vocational Training 2005 Secondary education is categorized into compulsory education (i.e. Orientation secondary class to form 2) and privilege one from (form 3 to form6). Up to March 2005, the enrolment in secondary (OSC – Form2) has reached 52,332 which higher compare to 49,949 of the year 2004, which is an increase of 2,383 equivalent to 4.8 percent. Privilege education (form 3 – form 6) reached 12,750 for the year 2005 which is increase of 2,513 compared to 10,237 for the year 2004. 55