PRESENTED BY:
VICE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENT
TANZANIA
Introduction
 Biodiversity degradation major threat
 unsustainable and overexploitation
 there is a need of developing an informed society to
understand
 the need of protecting the existing biodiversity
through environmental education
Introduction…cont
 biodiversity issues were thought in Geography and
Biology
 as a topic of Ecology in biology and tourism in
Geography. the current syllabus does not contain some
aspects of relevance to biodiversity conservation
Gaps and Opportunity
 The methods and knowledge is inadequate to help
students understand clearly concept and importance
of biodiversity to life.
 biodiversity concepts has been taught in secondary
and primary schools since 2014 by
Introduction….cont
 using resources book guide teachers teach
biodiversity in Secondary schools.
 the knowledge has been imparted to student and
practices in the conservation of biodiversity within
their environment.
FACILITATION
• Vice president’s Office coordinated the preparation of
the Biodiversity Resource Book for Secondary School
Teachers
• Vice Presidents Office, Ministry of Education Tanzania
Institute of Education enabled teachers on
introducing biodiversity issues in teaching process.
•
FACILITATION
 UNESCO Tanzania office facilitated teachers to teach
biodiversity in Muheza district secondary schools.
 Jane Goodall Institue facilitated teachers and students
at Kigoma region to integrate biodiversity issues in the
teaching and learning process. For more information:
Case study
 Magila secondary school in Muheza district
 Amani Game reserve have been identified as the
World reserve area
 The area has been threatened by unsustainable use of
the resources
 teaching of Biodiversity change the students to
conserve and use biodiversity sustainably .
Best practice…2
 Another area is Kigoma region where biodiversity are
taught to most secondary schools.
 societies through secondary school students have the
knowledge on how to conserve the endangered
biodiversity of Gombe national park.
THANK YOU