Integration of moral values in school curriculum to address corruption in Africa : a case of Tanzania

Abstract EN

In this paper, the question of how to address corruption in African society is considered from the view point of integrating teaching values in school curriculum to build a strong moral foundation that will empower the youth to abhor and resist corruption now and in the future.

It is argued that by strengthening teaching of values to provide a foundation in values as alternatives for students to consider, may impact their decisions while still at school and later in life as adults and leaders for them to resist corruption when encountered.

Such education provided in schools is best thought of as panacea to all malice acts and corruption in African society which has been a blocking stone of development endeavours in Africa.

The Transparency International surveys consistently ranking most African countries early in the new millennium amongst the ten most corrupt countries internationally, serves as a motivation factor for this paper.