blind, the deaf, the crippled and the mentally retarded. The Policy document also aspires for universal and compulsory education to every child at the age of seven. The Education Policy Tanzania Mainland is supported by the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania in its article 11 (2). For Tanzania there is in place the Education Policy which addresses educational issues pertaining to Zanzibar. The two laws are in place to ensure the implementation of the Education Policy. The Education Act CAP. 353 R.E. 2002 (for Tanzania Mainland) and the Education Act No. 6 of 1982 (for Zanzibar). The country is implementing a number of initiatives to improve the education sector. These initiatives include encouraging more private schools. Currently there are 273 registered non government primary schools, whereby 58 are registered religious English medium and 6 are registered English medium government primary schools. In total there are 337 registered primary schools in Tanzania. Furthermore Tanzania has 2289 Secondary Schools ('A' and '0' level). Whereby 471 are private '0' level Secondary Schools and 128 are 'A' level private Secondary Schools? Vocational institutions. Though a programme, Primary Education Development plan (PEDP) Secondary Education Develop.ment plans, Girls Secondary support programme. The Government is implementing far reaching initiatives to improve the quality of education and access to education for girls. These initiatives are proving worthy and will continue to be pursued for a number of years to come. In the United Republic every individual may freely take part in cultural life of his community. There are about 126 speaking different ethnic languages . However, majority of the population speaks Kiswahili, which is the national language. This language is the symbol of unity as it is the major means of communication and business transactions . The Government in its effort to promote and protect morals and traditional values recognized by the communities has formulated the Cultural Policy of 1995 in order to accomplish promotion and protection of culture. The objective of the Policy was to promote: Kiswahili as a national language, vernacular languages, arts and crqtrs, protect cultural heritage, to ensure that recreational activities take cognize of national values, sensitize the public to participate fitlly in cultural aclivities, to ensure that r;ze 2 United Republic of Tanzania, Ministry of Education and vocational Training, Basic Education Static in Tanzania (BEST), 2002, National Data, June 2006. p.p. 35 and 69. 29