“The study investigates the impact of civil wars on basic education in the African Great
Lakes Region focusing on Tanzania. The study is guided by a conceptual framework based on
the eclectic model. The model takes into account direct and indirect components as explanations for the impact of civil wars on basic education in Tanzania. The findings reveal that civil wars had direct and indirect impact on basic education, affecting
infrastructure, human and material resources, budgeting, planning and administration, and teaching and learning process. Equity in basic education was a serious problem among refugees due to poverty.”
