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Tanzania The Tanzanian team is uniquely comprised of representatives from the government, judiciary, education ministry and related fields. The Judiciary of Tanzania established a Committee on Public Legal Education, which is headed by Chief Justice Lameck Mfalia from the Court of Appeal. The PLE Committee has the broader involvement of team members from the Tanzania Institute of Education, the Institute of Adult Education, the University of Dar Es Salaam and the Tanzania Media Women's Association. Goals of the Committee on Public Legal Education are: Development of textbooks to teach civics in secondary and primary schools. Creation of accompanying teachers manuals. Training of secondary school teachers to teach PLE content. The Court is held in relatively high regard in Tanzania and the Justices have used their positions to influence the Ministry of Education to include Street Law content in the National Curriculum guidelines and quickly adopt the new curriculum. The following activities have been conducted under the project: Curriculum Development: The Committee on Public Legal Education with the technical assistance of Street Law, Inc. is working to edit primary and secondary civics textbooks they have developed. The team has almost completed revising the curriculum and is planning to hire an illustrator for the text and print texts in Swahili and English. In December 1999, curriculum writer Dr. Sixtus Kiwia traveled to the U.S. for a week to work on completing the curriculum at the Street Law office. During this time Dr. Kiwia was exposed to Street Law's many other projects in the U.S. and around the world relevant to Tanzania. Future activities planned under this project include: Writing of adult educational materials Writing of teacher's manuals Pilot testing of materials For more information, please contact: Dr. Sixtus Kiwia Head, Department of Educational Planning and Administration University of Dar Es Salaam P.O. Box 350548 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Fax: 255-51-43395