Under the result area Strengthening governance and institutional efficiency, there are positive results connected to the budget allocation DLIs: The reported claim of 18.9% of the government budget for 2021/22 was allocated to the education sector, which is good progress towards the 20% target as compared to the previous two years (2020/21 18.0% and 2019/20 17.9%) (DLI 3.1A: The share of the public budget allocated to the education sector is 20%). Also, overall performance against the four budget lines identified for DLI 3.1B for 2021/22 was 85.67%, which is assessed as fairly good. The monthly payment to schools which includes the capitation grants increased significantly from October 2021, from TZS 20.8 billion (a level at which it had remained fixed for over four years) to TZS 26.0 billion (DLI 3.1B: The budget allocation in support of key programme activities is allocated in accordance with the EPforR II budget framework).
Improving school learning environment. Three DLIs cover the allocation of teaching and learning materials to schools (TLM), including for example prioritizing allocation of TLM and establishing a replenishment plan for TLM. The DLIs reported a 100% claim which was verified for payment. The education outcome DLIs cover school progression, assessed by reference to primary survival rate (percentage of students enrolled in the first grade in a given school year expected to finish primary school), and learning achievement, assessed by reference to progress in oral reading fluency and arithmetic (the three Rs). The overall performance at the national level has seen a slight decline in national PSR, from 70.2% to 69.2% between 2020/21 and 2021/22. At the council level, an improvement in PSR is seen in 66 councils (out of 184). In terms of Gender Parity Index (GPI) only nine out of 184 councils have an GPI within the acceptable range (0.97 to 1.03), but it is still a slight improvement from 2020/21, when eight councils had a GPI within the acceptable range.
