Tanzania, July 23 -- Lilongwe. Tanzania has highlighted significant progress in foundational learning, attributing improved pupil performance and higher enrolment to innovative early childhood education programmes.

The country presented its experience alongside South Africa, Ghana and Zambia at the third Foundational Learning Exchange (FLEX) conference in Malawi, where participants shared successful approaches to improving the quality of early learning.

Tanzania's National Coordinator for Pre-Primary Education and Foundational Learning at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mr Julius Swila, said enrolment in pre-primary education had risen to about 77 percent from 47 percent a decade ago, reflecting improvements in teachi...