Tanzania, March 11 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's education sector is undergoing one of its most significant transitions in decades, hence, an overhaul to the current law is eminent, according to experts.

From curriculum reforms and the expansion of digital learning to the implementation of the Education and Training Policy 2014 (Edition 2023), the country is reshaping how learning is delivered and governed.

Yet one crucial pillar of the system remains anchored in a different era: the Education Act of 1978.

More than four decades after it was enacted, education stakeholders increasingly argue that the law no longer reflects the realities of a rapidly evolving sector.

As the government reviews the Act, experts say the country now faces a...