Education

SERA YA TAIFA YA MAENDELEO YA VITABU
NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT POLICY

FINAL DRAFT

CONTENTS
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Definitions of Terms

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PART 1: BACKGROUND

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Chapter 1: Historical Background
1.1 Development of Writing and Publishing in Tanzania
1.2 The Book Chain in Tanzania
1.3 Literacy, Readership and Reading Promotion

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Chapter 2: Government Policies on Education, Books and Reading
2.1 Colonial Education and Language Policies

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2.2 Education Policies 1962 – 1995
2.3 Structural/Organizational Framework

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PART II: DECLARATION OF POLICY
Preamble

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Chapter 3: Rationale, Vision and Objectives
3.1 Rationale for a Book Policy
3.2 Vision of the Book Policy
3.3 Objectives of the Book Policy

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Chapter 4: Language

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Chapter 5: Human Resources

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Chapter 6: Key Actors
6.1 BAMVITA: The Tanzania Book Development Council
6.2 Writers
6.3 Publishers
6.4 Printers
6.5 Book distributors
6.6 Booksellers
6.7 Libraries

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Chapter 7: Cross-Cutting Issues
7.1 Literacy and the promotion of reading
7.2 Provision of Textbooks
7.3 Science and Technology
7.4 Ethics
7.5 Regional And International Cooperation

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PART III: IMPLEMENTATION AND FINANCING STRATEGY
Chapter 8: Implementation Strategy

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8.0 GOVERNMENT
8.1 The Ministry responsible for education and culture
8.2 The Ministry responsible for industry and trade
8.3 The Ministry responsible for science, technology and higher education
8.4 The Ministry responsible for regional administration and local government
8.5 The Ministry responsible for information and broadcasting

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GOVERNMENTAL AND SEMI-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
8.6 The Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE)
8.7 The Institute of Adult Education
8.8 The National Kiswahili Council (BAKITA)
8.9 The Universities
8.10 BAMVITA
8.11 Other Book Sector