The Rationale of Studying Comparative Education to Students in Tanzanian Educational Institutions

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Pedagogy - School System, Educational and School Politics, grade: tertiary level , University of Dodoma, course: Comparative Education, language: English, abstract: This paper gives the critical justifications for studying comparative education to students in

educational institutions in Tanzania. It also tries to trace back the short historical perspectives

of the field of comparative education, challenges facing the field of comparative education in

Tanzania and the implications of the field of comparative education for future improvement of

the educational systems. The paper concludes that, the study of comparative education is very

important for all Tanzanian students as it enables them become good educational policy makers,

educational planners and educational analysts. This paper also insists that the study of

comparative education is essential for adoption of policies useful for improving the education

quality in the country. However this paper suggests that there is a need to make the study of

comparative education as a compulsory discipline to all students from primary to tertiary level.