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Posts on Facebook allege that Tanzania has banned Swahili as a teaching language in secondary schools. But the claim is false: a government spokesman told AFP Fact Check that there was no such ban, and both Swahili and English are used in schools across the country. The mix-up seems to have originated from a social media post by a German news outlet that was later retracted. Tanzania has banned Swahili Secondary Schools ( sic ), reads the post published on Facebook on January 13, 2022. Screenshot showing the misleading post, taken on January 26, 2023 According to the post, the directive was issued by an education ministry official. Similar posts were shared here , here , and here on Facebook. But Tanzania has not banned the use of Swahili as a language of instruction in its secondary schools. Story retraction Government spokeswoman Nteghenjwa Hosseah dismissed the claim as untrue. Both Swahili and English are the modes of teaching in secondary schools across the country, nothing changes, she told AFP Fact Check. Hosseah added that Swahili is also taught separately as a subject in schools. The post seems to have originated from a social media post by German broadcaster Deutsche Welle who later retracted it -- but not before social media users shared screenshots . On January 13, 2022, the government's chief spokesperson flagged the Deutsche Welle post on Twitter, saying it was erroneous. Tanzania haijafuta lugha ya kiswahili katika Shule zake za Sekondari pic.twitter.com/Pxcn12SbWd — Msemaji Mkuu wa Serikali (@TZMsemajiMkuu) January 13, 2023 In a statement published in Swahili on January 14, 2023, the Tanzanian government said that English and Swahili are the official languages of the country. Swahili is used in government and primary schools, while English and Swahili are official languages of instruction at high school and college levels.
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