DODOMA, July 9 -- THE government has launched a massive infrastructure project to build 1,090 advanced-level secondary classrooms, dormitories and sanitation facilities across mainland Tanzania.

Minister of State in the Prime Ministers Office (Regional Administration and Local Government-PMO-RALG), Prof Riziki Shemdoe, launched the project at Kibaigwa Girls Secondary School in Dodoma under a partnership between the government and Barrick Twiga Minerals through the Barrick-Twiga Future Forward Education Programme.

Speaking during the launch, Prof Shemdoe said the project will construct 1,090 classrooms to accommodate 54,500 students, 270 dormitories with capacity for 21,600 students and 1,640 toilet cubicles to serve 49,200 students in l...