section_path: Demographics/Education and Libraries
section_name: Education and Libraries
paragraph_text: Education and Libraries
  
  In 2015, the literacy rate in Tanzania was 77.9% for people aged 15 and over (83.2% males, 73.1% females). Education is compulsory until children reach age 15. In 2020, 97% completed primary (98.4% females and 95.5% males), 28.3% completed secondary (30% females and 27% males), and 8% completed tertiary education (7% females and 8.5% males).
  
  The Tanzania Library Services Board operates twenty-one regional, eighteen district, and one divisional library.