In the United Republic of Tanzania, primary education, especially in public primary schools, is still substandard. This is mainly due to unmanageable class sizes and insufficient teaching resources. In an ongoing project, the team has obtained positive results using an intelligent tutoring system (a social robot) in Mathematics. In this project, the team intends to expand the scope to include AI-powered tutoring for the English language subject. English is a prerequisite for further education and good English levels predict professional success, however current learning results are significantly substandard. Intelligent Tutoring Systems, which offer one-to-one personalised tuition, hold considerable promise to remedy this. In addition,
the project aims to include parents, school administration, and policymakers as key stakeholders for the envisioned transformation, while also enhancing the capacity of Mzumbe University staff to sustainably spearhead the innovations.