Tanzania Institute of
Education (TIE) is a public institution under the Ministry of Education,
Science and Technology.
The Institute is charged with
the responsibility of interpreting government policies on education to
befitting curriculum programmes and instructional materials in order to
facilitate provision of quality education at pre- primary, primary, secondary
and teacher education levels.
Originally, the Institute
under the name of Institute of Education (IE), was established by Act No. 13 of
1963 as a constituent unit of the then University College of Dar es Salaam.
Its major function was to
harmonize the teacher training function of the University College of Dar es
Salaam with the then Ministry of Education in order to improve the teaching and
learning process in schools and teacher education colleges.
The
Education System in Tanzania
The system of education in
Tanzania is categorized as pre-primary, primary, secondary, and higher
education (United Republic of Tanzania-URT, 2014).
However, compulsory basic
education covers only pre-primary through to lower secondary levels.
The education system in
Tanzania comprises two years of pre-primary education, seven years of primary
education, four years of ordinary secondary education, two years of advanced
secondary education, and three or more years of tertiary/higher education
In addition, the policy
adjusts primary school education from 7 to 6 years.
It also makes a pre-primary
education a one-year programme and compulsory for five-year-old children.
In fact, 3-4-year-olds can be
enrolled if they are ‘ready’ to embark on school.
Thus, the structure of the
education system can now be described as: 1+-6-4-2-3+
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