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The data were collected from 17 government primary schools in poor parts of the Kinondoni district of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. All children in class 4 and 5 took part (after gaining permissions and following ethical procedures) and the data set constitutes 1,857 pupils. These data are all within the SPSS spreadsheet which contains all of the quantitative data that were collected on these 1,857 children. This includes family background information (mother and father education, occupations, dwelling information etc), data about the child (age, gender, number of siblings etc.), test scores and thoughts around giftedness. The spreadsheet also contains data on their teacher and their school (i.e., teacher age, gender, qualifications etc., school size, fees, facilities etc.). 24 semi structured interviews were carried out with teachers from the 17 government primary schools that participated in the project. These interviews were carried out as the children were undertaking their surveys. The teachers were asked to give views, thoughts and attitudes around gifted and talented children not only in their school and classes but from a Tanzanian context. They were asked to give their opinions and thoughts about children from low income backgrounds as well as different genders. The teachers also gave comments about how children with talent are viewed and catered for currently within these school settings. This project has four objectives. The first considers the identification of high ability children attending schools in slums of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Objective one studies the current identification process within 50-60 schools with children in grade four and five. Teachers will be asked to identify children they believe are high ability providing reasons why. It will be observed whether the current identification process is biased towards any particular gender or cultural norms. All grade four and five children in around 20 schools will be given a battery of standard...