Where are the 538,351 pupils who started school in 2020 in Tanzania?

Education, Science and Technology Minister, Prof Adolf Mkenda

Dar es Salaam. The seven-year primary education journey for 1,168,649 pupils culminates on Thursday with the national assessment examination, though more than 500,000 pupils who enrolled in Standard One in 2020 are missing.

According to the Statistical Abstract Report 2021 by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 1,707,000 pupils, 854,000 boys and 853,000 girls, began Standard One in 2020.