SECTOR 4

Scores:
Individual scores:
1

Country does not meet indicator

2

Country meets only a few aspects of indicator

3

Country meets some aspects of indicator

4

Country meets most aspects of indicator

5

Country meets all aspects of the indicator

Average score:

1.8 (2010 = 2.5; 2008 = n/a; 2006 = n/a)

4.9 Media professionals have access to training facilitates offering formal qualification programmes as well
as opportunities to upgrade skills.
Staff employed by the state media has access to training programmes, as well as
in-house training.
The Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) offers a variety of short courses, while the
Union of Tanzanian Press Clubs offer training on how to report on people with
disabilities and gender-sensitivity and so on. There are press clubs in each region
of the country.
The Legal and Human Rights Centre also conducts human rights reporting courses
for editors and journalists.
In terms of formal training, there are six universities, including the new Open
University in Zanzibar, and many colleges that offer some form of journalism
training. In a positive development, the MCT, in conjunction with the National
Council for Technical Education, has devised a standardised curriculum for
journalism.

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