This document describes the development of primary education in Tanzania. Part I deals with the period before independence from colonial rule and contains the following sections: (1) Informal Education, (2) Arab Education, (3) German Period, (4) British Period, (5) Types of Schools, (6) Scope of Curriculum, (7) Management of Schools, (8) Post Primary Education, (9) Public Primary School Enrollment, (10) Training of Teachers. Part II deals with the period after independence and is divided into the following sections: (1) Expansion of Primary Education, (2) Staffing and Training of Teachers, (3) Curriculum Changes, (4) Implementation of Curriculum, (5) Special Education. Part III includes discussion of education for self reliance in terms of origin, implementation, problems and remedies. Part IV deals with universal primary education 1977 and includes sections on school equipment and teachers. (MS)