Første aftale i sin art, som vil betyde leverancer af elevbøger til 16.000 grundskoler og materialer til 175.000 lærere i det store østafrikanske land.
BAE Systems, the British multinational defence, security and aerospace company, is to pay at least 29,5 million British pounds towards educational projects in Tanzania following an agreement with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), BBC online reports Thursday.
BAE was fined 500.000 pounds back in 2010 for failing to keep proper records of payments it made to an adviser. These payments were to win a 28 million pound Tanzanian military radar contract.
The SFO said the agreement was the first of its kind. SFO director Richard Alderman said “it provides a satisfactory outcome for all concerned but most of all for the Tanzanian people”.
BAE has now confirmed the terms of how it will seek to help Tanzanians, as agreed. It will buy textbooks for 16.000 primary schools in the key subjects of Kiswahli, English, Maths and Science.
Funds will also be used to provide all 175.000 primary school teachers with teachers’ guides, syllabi (pensum) and syllabi guides, the defence firm said.
“We are glad to have finally been able to make the payment to the government of Tanzania and bring this matter to a close,” BAE said.
