Tanzania

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Tanzania is located in East Africa and has a population of over 65 million (World Bank, 2022).

COL’s work in Tanzania is in the areas of lifelong learning for farmers, and gender equality and women’s empowerment through skills development for livelihoods (GIRLS Inspire and Empowering Women and Girls), technology-enabled learning (TEL), skills for work and open schooling and also benefits from programmes offered by the Southern African Development Community’s Centre for Distance Education (SADC-CDE), COL’s regional centre. Learners from Tanzania are also participating in COL’s free online courses and accessing other openly available resources.

Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-64 years old¹
9.9%		12.2%
Female (2020)		Male (2020)

Completion rate, lower secondary education for the school year ending in 2020¹
34.4%		31%
Female		Male

Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education for the school year ending in 2020¹
7.1%		8.5%
Female		Male

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in secondary education¹
n/a		n/a
		Male

1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Centre, retrieved in May 2023

Highlights

Open University of Tanzania implementing COL’s institutional employability framework.
Over 6,300 women and girls have been trained in livelihood skills.
Institute of Adult Education, Tanzania, with COL support, has been successful in bringing young mothers to school and studying for secondary school examinations.

Partners

Partnerships are fundamental to COL’s work. Strategic partnerships allow COL to broaden its reach and engage at global, regional and national levels, while implementation partners support COL’s work in communities and institutions across Commonwealth Member States. Partners include multilateral organisations, regional bodies, national governments, government agencies, foundations, civil society organisations, public and private (not-for-profit) institutions and the private sector. COL partnerships assist in improving and extending teaching and learning services to people in the developing Commonwealth.

COL’s partners in Tanzania include:

Ministry for Education, Science and Technology
Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MCDGEC)
Ministry of Agriculture
Bank of Tanzania
Institute of Adult Education
Kiota Women’s Health and Development
Matumaini Mapya
Mbeya University of Science and Technology
Open University of Tanzania (OUT)

Key Contacts

Focal Point

Dr Michael Wilfred Ng’umbi
Director, Institute of Adult Education
Open University of Tanzania

Notable Mention

Professor Tolly S.A. Mbwette, COL Honorary Fellow, former COL Chair (Open University of Tanzania) and former Honorary COL Adviser

Literacy rate (2021)¹
78.2%		85.5%
Female, Adult (15+)		Male, Adult (15+)

Economic Activity – Labour Forces Participation (2020)¹
78.3%		86.3%
Female, Ages 15-64		Male, Ages 15-64

Political Decision Making (2020)¹
37.4%
Share of seats held by women in national parliament

Life expectancy (2023)¹
69.3		65.4
Female		Male

1. COL gender country profile October 2023

32	85
Individuals using the internet (%)¹	Mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹

2.0	18
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹	Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹




1. International Telecommunication Union (ITU), retrieved in May 2023.

Tanzania

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