In the
communities of Northern Tanzania, there has been insufficient education
efforts and institutional development for the Maasai to understand and
benefit from educational achievement. Typically, Maasai children enter
First Grade at age of seven without prior exposure to classroom-based
teaching, without basic skills, such as counting and writing, typical
among other Tanzanian children, and without an understanding of
Swahili, which is the only legally permitted language, other than
English, in schools. They are set up for failure from the beginning;
not surprisingly, many drop-out before the end of Primary School, and
almost half do not pass the Grade 7 exams, which are critical to
entering Secondary School. Consequently, as compared to other
communities throughout Tanzania, the Maasai have far less children
succeeding at all levels in school.
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