Breadcrumb

The National Education Act, 1978 (No. 25 of 1978).

Country(ies)

United Republic of Tanzania

Subjects (Classification)

Education, vocational guidance and training

Adopted on (Date of text)

1978-12-04

Scope of text

National

Type of legislation (Type of text)

Law, Act

Abstract/Citation

Section 35 of the Act provides that "it shall be compulsory for every child who has attained the age of seven years but has not attained the age of thirteen years to be enrolled for primary education." The Act was amended in 1995 and increases the compulsory school age to 15 years.