Eco-Schools-TANZANIA

🌿 Exciting updates from the Eco-Schools joint visits with district officials, including District Education Officers and Quality Assurers from four program districts (Kilosa, Mvomero, Mufindi, and Morogoro DC). We visited various schools to learn, advise, and replicate successful program activities and their impacts on schools and communities.
Participants had the opportunity to observe and learn about:
🌱 School Ground Improvements 🔄 Application of IVAC Approaches 🌏 Microprojects 🏛️ Eco Parliament ♻️ Circular Economy Ideas
These joint visits provided invaluable opportunities for cross-district learning and collaboration, inspiring us to replicate successful initiatives and innovate for even greater impact:
Together, we're nurturing a generation of eco-conscious leaders and building a brighter, greener future for all! 🌟 🍃

Cheers to all students from programme schools for being innovative and creative on the establish and manage various microprojects within their schools under the support of TFCG, During the green flag awards students able to showcases various products from the established microprojects and the Guest of honor Dr.Charles Msonde had a chance to observe the exhibition that including microproject foods, crops, spices, honey as well as the products generated from wastes through circular economy concepts(charcoal briquets ,teaching and learning aids, sports and games equipment’s. -SCHOOLS #

Congratulations to 13 schools in Tanzania that have been awarded the Green Flag for their outstanding commitment on implementation of the Eco-Schools Programme. Dr. Charles Msonde, Deputy permanent Secretary responsible for Education from the President's Office-Regional and Local Government (PO-RALG), graced the event as the guest of Honor. Impressed by the evident positive impacts of the Eco schools programme, he instructed Iringa and Morogoro regions to initiate the implementation of the Eco-Schools Programme in all schools within these 2 regions. This initiative is geared towards improving academic performance, advancing environmental conservation efforts, and promoting sustainable development. -schools -RALG #

Dialogue review of the National Education Policy and Curriculum by different education stakeholders and beneficiaries cement a crucial benefit for the present and future generation that will meet the needs of the country and suit the global market of professionals.

Eco-schools’ program officer participated in the dialogue review of the National Education Policy and Curriculum for the aim of advocating for Eco-schools’ approach and institutionalization of action-based learning methods (IVAC approach) to be adopted from nursery to university level across the country.
Eco-Schools Program is specifically concern with chapter 3 of the proposed national education policy which states “Thesis, Issues and Policy statements” 3.7 Crosscutting Issues in Education, (a) Issue: Environmental Education 3.7.1 Government in collaboration with other stakeholders will ensure that content about health environment is considered in education curriculum and training at all education level. In the proposed national curriculum Eco-Schools Program was specifically concern with chapter 8 which states “Teacher Training” 8.9 Teaching and learning methodologies, the curriculum committee propose that teaching methodologies should involve students to act indoor and outdoor during teaching and learning. Also, the committee insist students to be the source of knowledge that will enable them to think critically and to find more knowledge from different sources.
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Eco-Schools' Program Teacher Training with Ward and District Quality assurers and Education Officers📚📚📚📚

Eco-schools’ program in Tanzania conducted training to district education officers, district quality assurers, ward education officers and teachers from new and old schools to equip teachers and education officers with knowledge and skills on how to teach by using Eco-schools’ approach i.e., Investigation, Vision, Action, Change (IVAC) that aligns with the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) directed by national education policy and curriculum. The approach (IVAC) gives enough opportunity for a learner to act while the teacher has to direct and give proper explanation when necessary. During the training teachers also had opportunity to learn about the relationship between Eco-Schools program and Sustainable Development Goals, Human Rights Based Approach and Education for Sustainable Development.
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Introduction of Eco-schools' program and Establishment of Student's Parliament to the new schools👏👏👏

Introduction of Eco-schools’ program and establishment of student’s parliaments to new schools pave a way for more sustainable and green schools that focus to achieve academic performance, environmental conservation habit, a community where by parents and key duty bearers will be part and parcel in provision of quality and inclusive education. Under Eco-schools’ program, Student’s parliament formed act as a platform that enhance students’ self-confidence, freedom of speech and decision making about their environment and provision of quality and inclusive education while actively participating in lessons for academic improvement and gained action competencies.
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Through circular economy education students have become creative and innovative by using plastic waste, paper waste and by products to develop teaching and learning aids, to decorate and improve their school ground as well as producing basket, jumping rope, abacus.

ESPT succeeded to capacitate a total of 15 teachers from 11 schools on circular economy in order to integrate circular economy education in their scheme of work and lesson plans. The aim is to ensure that students have generated action-based knowledge and skills on promoting circular economy education and awareness through action-based learning by developing new creative ideas, innovations, sustainability, and entrepreneurship skills that minimize their waste footprint in their lives.

Circular economy provides a regenerative framework to design a production and consumption system in which materials are used in a cycle of closed loop with an idea on zero wastes. Through circular economy project, pilot schools from Tanzania have succeeded to control paper waste generated in schools through production of charcoal briquettes. Many congratulations to Ilonga Mazoezi primary school and Kanga Hill secondary school for producing charcoal briquettes from waste papers.
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Eco-Schools Microproject implementation towards livelihood improvement, sustainable natural resources management and climate action!

Eco-Schools microprojects is the learning platform for both students and community surrounding the programme schools in Tanzania. Students from schools and community members where the Eco-schools’ program is operating in Tanzania succeeded to replicate microprojects from schools and transfer the knowledge to the community which contributed to poverty reduction, food security, improving household livelihood and enhanced sustainable natural resources management and foster climate action. sustainable natural resource management and adaptation to climate change. See some of microprojects photos from schools and those replicated by the community members and students.
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CONGURATULATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF TANZANIA FOR HOSTELS CONSTRUCTION AT KISANGA SECONDARY SCHOOL.

Kisanga Secondary School is one of the government schools, established 2007, it is under 5 villages councils of Wedo, Msolwa, Mululu, Madizini and Kisanga which make a Kisanga ward and it is one of the beneficiaries of Eco-school Program Tanzania (ESPT) under Kilosa District Council, Morogoro region, Tanzania.
The Kisanga Secondary school has 760 students (Boys- 353, and Girls- 407), and 14 teachers. Since 2007 there were no hostels for both boys and girls which posse a challenge on the quality of education provided.
However, this year the government of Tanzania supported the school with two hostel buildings for boys and girls with carrying capacity of 160 students (80- Boys and 80-Girls). The two building will serve both boys and girls from distant villages of Madizini (24 km to and fro Kisanga Secondary school), and Msolwa (20 km to and fro Kisanga Secondary school) and nearby needy students.
Furthermore, through stakeholders’ meetings organized by ESPT and Kilosa District council; both the Eco-school Programme in Tanzania and Kilosa District council call for other stakeholders both national and international to support the school and construction of remaining hostels at Kisanga secondary school for supporting boys’ and girls’ education in order to reach the programme goal of “promoting active citizenship and improved livelihoods through education for sustainable development”.