Schools2030 Tanzania
Schools2030 in Tanzania operates in Dar Es Salaam and in the region of Lindi. It is also set to expand into 25 sites in Zanzibar in 2023 to pilot the Play, Pluralism, Planet initiative.
Tanzania is an East African country famous for its wildlife reserves, tropical coastline and Mount Kilmanjaro. Tanzania is a pluralistic and diverse country, home to over 100 ethnic groups and languages.
Tanzania’s education system has for the last five years been directed by the Education Sector Development Plan (ESDP) (2016/17 – 2020/21). The ESDP sets out a series of priorities, in particular, a commitment to providing twelve years of free and compulsory Basic Education and progressive expansion of Technical and Vocational Education and Training to provide Tanzania with an enhanced pool of skilled human resources. The ESDP also focuses on ensuring equitable access to education and training for all, including the most disadvantaged and enhanced effort on improving the quality of education at all levels.
In 2019, Tanzania recorded a total of 11.2 million pupils enrolled in primary and secondary education. Of these pupils, about 9.3 million (83%) were in primary education. Total enrolment in secondary schools was 2.3 million.
Our Team in Tanzania
Simon Meigaro
Country MEAL and Education Manager
Shaibu Mandova Athumani
Schools2030 National Coordinator
Mapunda Kawanga
Foundations for Learning Manager
ASSESS
Tanzania was the first Schools2030 country to determine their five focal domains in early 2021. As with every country, this was done alongside multiple stakeholders and the National Advisory Committee who could advise on curricular educational priorities. The Tanzania team were then able to provide valuable feedback to the other teams
Based on the domains, the team were also able to develop the first suite of rapid assessment tools with Schools2030’s Global Assessment Partner, Oxford MeasurEd and support from Emily Tusiime, AKF East Africa’s Regional Assessment Advisor. These tools comprised a set of teacher reflection and observation exercises, to inform qualitative assessments of non-academic proficiencies. The team have also successfully adapted Save the Children’s IDELA tool (with support from Save) for the pre-primary age group, available below. The ISELA tool will follow soon.
Access examples of assessment tools
from across our programme countries.
All these tools are available free to download below and will continue to be refined and iterated to ensure robust psychometric validity.
INNOVATE
So far, over 200 teachers and youth partners have undertaken HCD training in three two-day sprints that captured the ten phases of the process. Innovations from these 100 learning sites were designed which reflected the challenges identified through the rapid assessments and these are now being implemented at school-level where their efficacy for improving student outcomes will be tracked and evaluated.
Although the majority of innovations designed focused on core academic competencies such as literacy and numeracy, all of them also incorporated social-emotional and 21st century skill development such as critical thinking, civic engagement, communication and problem-solving. All were designed for learner-centredness and had strong components of playful and participatory learning – see below for some examples. There are early signs that these innovations are proving effective – teachers have observed that after only a few months of implementation, students’ attention, interaction, and confidence seemed to be increasing.
Any innovations that are proven to be successful will be considered for implementing into AKF’s wider education programmes in the area, including the Foundations for Learning (F4L) programme, which spans the East Africa region.
Schools2030 in Zanzibar will pilot AKF’s new initiative Play, Pluralism and the Planet. PPP will leverage the Three-Step Model (Assess, Innovate, Showcase) to catalyse new teacher-driven solutions for the climate. The pilot will incubate school-led innovations around some of the subjects taught in secondary school such as micro-forestry, rainwater harvesting or soil factory. This will be supported by AKF experts in climate and environment. Innovations with proven success can then be scaled initially to mainland Tanzania and beyond.
Letter and Number Board (T–learning Model)
CHALLENGE: Struggling with mastering basic reading, writing and arithmetic (3Rs)
SCHOOL: Toangoma Preprimary class from Temeke District
COST: $791
The competitive style aims to motivate students in a playfulway to learn and better understand better letters, and numbers.
The Garden of Words and Numbers
CHALLENGE: Struggling with mastering basic reading, writing and arithmetic (3Rs)
SCHOOL: Majimatitu Preprimary class from Temeke District
COST: $3,203
The Number Map
CHALLENGE: Struggling with mastering basic reading, writing and arithmetic (3Rs)
SCHOOL: Maendeleo Preprimary class from Temeke district
COST: $4,561
Download our HCD Tools for Tanzania to start creating education innovations in your school.
Schools2030 Human-Centred Design Toolkit
Full version
Schools2030 Human-Centred Design Toolkit
Schools2030 Human-Centred Design Facilitator Guide
Schools2030 Human-Centred Design School Leader Guide
SHOWCASE
Coming Soon
NEWS
partners
National Advisory Committee members
President’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG)
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST)
Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE)
Aga Khan University, Institute for Education Development (AKU – IED)
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)
Children In Crossfire (CIC)
Mwananchi Communication Limited
BRAC International
Tanzania Early Childhood Development Network (TECDEN)
Madrasa Early Childhood Development Zanzibar (MECPZ)
Tanzania Eduaction Network (TEN/MET)
Shule Direct
Organisation for Community Development (OCODE)
AKFEA
AKFT
Country Assessment Partners, Evaluation Partners and Learning Partners
