Tanzania, April 1 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's plan to transform its education system is increasingly taking a practical turn, with teachers now at the centre of reforms designed to produce a skilled, job-ready workforce.

The latest development, sending 150 vocational (Amali) instructors to India for intensive skills training, marks a significant milestone in the country's shift towards competency-based learning under the revised Education and Training Policy) 2014 (2023 Edition).

It is a move widely seen as both symbolic and strategic: symbolic in signalling intent and strategic in addressing one of the most persistent bottlenecks: teacher capacity.

For years, stakeholders have raised concerns over the rollout of the "Amali" stream in...