The MOEVT also focuses on improving vocational training through strengthening and
expansion of existing institutions and establishing new ones. Two training centres for outof-school youth have been established with a capacity of 600.
Measures taken to abolish corporal punishment - The Nyalali Commission Report of
1992 identified corporal punishment as among the set of ‘forty oppressive laws’ in the
country and recommended that it be repealed. The Law Reform Commission in its 1996
report to the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional affairs recommended, however, that
corporal punishment should continue to exist though with necessary safeguards to its
administration.
NGOs and other civil society organizations have been advocating and lobbying for the
abolishment of corporal punishment in schools. In 1996 and 1997, the NGO Kuleana and
five partner institutions undertook studies on corporal punishment in six regions of
Tanzania. The study found that corporal punishment was the most commonly used
method of discipline. In 2000 a campaign against corporal punishment by Kuleana was
launched by the Minister of Community Development Gender and Children Affairs. The
campaign47 aimed to stimulate debate on the appropriate ways for adults and children to
interact.
For Corporal punishment as a sentence in criminal justice in Tanzania Mainland please
see article 17
Leisure, recreation and cultural activities - Tanzania developed a Cultural Policy in
1997. This states that children must be availed of every opportunity for cultural
development.
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The Ministry of Information, Culture and Sports is the responsible
ministry. Children’s recreational or cultural activities utilize about one per cent of the
total budget for culture.
Special priorities to date include:
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Several NGOs and CBOs took part in the campaign which included dissemination of materials; publication of
newspaper articles and press releases, radio and television programmes and dialogue in various part of the country.
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This stipulates that cultural education be an integral part of the entire education process - from pre-primary, primary
to secondary levels, and is examined also at these levels.
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