Journal of Education Research and Behavioral Sciences Vol. 2(11), pp. 177-183, November, 2013 Available online at http://www.apexjournal.org ISSN 2315-8735© 2013 Apex Journal International Full Length Research Exploring status of female student- male teacher sexual relationship and its perceived effects in secondary schools in Tanzania: Experiences from Moshi Municipality, Kilimanjaro Region Bryson D. Kinyaduka*, and Joyce F. Kiwara Department of Educational Foundations and Teaching Management, Mzumbe University, Morogoro, Tanzania. Accepted 28 October, 2013 The purpose of this paper is to: explore the prevalence of female student-male teacher sexual relationship in Kilimajaro region, specifically Moshi municipality; establish perceived effects of female student-male teacher sexual relationship and finally articulate solutions for the incident. This study adopted a survey research design. A sample size 0f 125 subjects was drawn. Questionnaire and observation were methods used to collect data from respondents. It was found that 59.2 percent of teacher respondents said that they were approached by their male teachers at the time they schooled at secondary education. Over eighteen percent of female student respondents said that they were approached by their male teachers. It was found that female student poor academic performance was the major perceived effect of the vice by both female student and teacher respondents. Moreover, enacting a law was perceived as the best solution towards efforts to end the vice. This study recommends the MoEVT to develop student-teacher relationship policy among others. The study concludes that there is high degree of female student- male teacher sexual relationship in Tanzania. Key words: sexual relationship, female student, male teacher, effects, secondary schools. INTRODUCTION For years, the world over, it has been reported that teachers in one way or another having sexual relationship with their students regardless of their sex. In most cases, it is said that sexual relationship between a student and a teacher is not based on love, but rather because a teacher has power over a student (Win, 1994 in Zindi, 1994). This is to say female students succumb to sexual relationship with their teachers even if they do not want for fear of authority which may side on part of the culprits (Zindi, 1994). It was further reported that students did agree to have relationship in order to gain favours and that they did not fear to have relationship with their university teachers who were married, but they feared to be labeled by their colleagues (Zindi, 1994. p. 183). As it is, in Tanzania, it is strictly prohibited for students *Corresponding author. Email: kinyadukabry@yahoo.com to have love relationship among themselves (Mlyakado, 2013) and yet sexual relationship among students today is on the rise. If students have sexual relationship among themselves, it is therefore likely that some students have sexual relationship with their male or female teachers. For years it has been established that, it is men who usually have sexual relationship with their female students; however, in recent years even women have been named as sex offenders, particularly with high school male students (Justice Programmes, 2007). It is further reported that three percent of respondents experienced sexual abuse from professionals like priests, teachers, religious leaders and case workers (Justice Programmes, 2007 P.21). This indicates that the issue of sexual relationship is pervasive even among persons perceived as credible. Indeed, in South Africa, for instance, it is has been further reported that sexual harassment is a phenomenon that begins from elementary schools and increases in its intensity as one moves to higher levels of education (Smit