Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere's Vision of Education

This Book consists of five chapters. Chapter One explores, in a nutshell, who Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere is and the contribution of his commitment to Christian-Catholic faith his life-style and presidential leadership tenure. Chapter Two discusses the Tanzanian Society Mwalimu Nyerere Envisaged. Chapter Three examines Mwalimu Nyerere’s Vision of Education. It points out the implantation of his vision and the challenges it encountered within the context of Ujamaa life setting of early 1960s and late 1970s; and the liberal capitalistic setting of early 1980s to date. Chapter Four revisit Mwalimu Nyerere’s view of Education within Tanzania to date. Chapter Five proposes deliberate actions to be taken in the process of revisiting Mwalimu Nyerere’s Vision of Education and its successful application today and the future of Tanzania. It concludes with an imperative that calls all leaders of Tanzanians to emulate Mwalimu Nyerere, who is well-recognize - by the absolute majority of Tanzanians - as ‘Baba wa Taifa’; a living example. In doing so, become practitioners whose lives demonstrate the reality that the values and principles described earlier on, are worthy pursuing and abiding by, for workable daily engagement in their noble tasks for sustainable development.