MOMBA, Oct. 18 -- FOR communities where children spend years learning in overcrowded classrooms or under inadequate facilities, the completion of a school building represents more than an improvement in infrastructure. It offers an opportunity for children to learn in a safer environment, for teachers to deliver lessons more effectively and for communities to participate in shaping the future of their children.

In Momba District, Songwe Region, the completion of education infrastructure projects supported by the Tanzania Education Network (TEN/MET) demonstrates how collaboration between communities and development stakeholders can help address longstanding challenges facing schools across the country.

TEN/MET has handed over education i...