Ministry of Education and Vocational Training

The President of the United Republic of Tanzania issued a Notice on assignment of Ministerial responsibilities (Instrument) vide Government Notice No. 494 of 17th December, 2010. In that Instrument, the President has created the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training which is mandated for formulation, monitoring and evaluation of the implementation policies, teachers’ training, registration of schools, inspection of education services and infrastructure, library services and education press services.

The ministry is taxed with facilitating a literate society with well grounded ethical values, adequate social, scientific and technical knowledge and skills for the betterment of the nation.

The ministry exists to develop and implement education policies which provide equal opportunity to quality education for all Tanzanians and ensure development of a productive quality human resource base through education and training.

Since the function of administration of primary and secondary school education has been decentralised to LGAs, it is therefore recommended for the Ministry to put in place mechanisms for strengthening the quality assurance and regulatory organs so as to ensure that education is provided in accordance with the set standards.