Tanzania Education Lab (EdLab)

With support from the What Works Hub for Global Education, our team brings together researchers from Georgetown University, the University of Delaware, the University of Dar Es Salaam and the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) to study how can Tanzania effectively implement programs promoting new teaching methods for improving instructional quality.

Quick Facts

Location

Tanzania

Team

gui2de : James Habyarimana, Jacobus Cilliers, Ali Hamza, Anthony Mwambanga, Béatrice Leydier
Tanzania Institute of Education : Aneth Komba, Doreen Samuel, Onespho Sedekia
University of Delaware : Adrienne Lucas
University of Dar Es Salaam : Richard Shukia

Implementation Dates

2023-ongoing

Sponsors

What Works Hub for Global Education (WWHGE)

Research Agenda

Establishing an EdLab inside the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE)

Our team established an Education Lab inside TIE, the government agency in charge of deploying school curriculums and implementing continuous teacher training. The EdLab is tasked with generating and interpreting evidence to inform TIE programs implementation, and building government capacity for data-driven policy making. The EdLab Advisory Board is co-chaired by the MOEST (Ministry of Education Science and Technology) and PORALG (President’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government Tanzania), and approves the research plans and activities undertaken by the EdLab team.

Improving new curriculum rollout and access and use of electronic learning management system (eLMS)

Tanzania is currently rolling out a new curriculum targeting more effective student-centred learning. Simultaneously, the government is implementing a two-pronged in-service teacher training programme.

This project is focused on how Tanzania Institute of Education and other implementation agencies involved can improve: 1) understanding, take-up and delivery of the new curriculum; and 2) access, engagement and use of the electronic Learning Management System.

Enhancing effectiveness of school/cluster-based teacher continuous professional development activities in Tanzania

The project is exploring the policies designed to get teachers to learn together and practise new teaching methods.  
 
There is currently a high-level policy demand to improve instructional quality in Tanzania. Using this context, the project aims to address how to leverage local bureaucrat monitoring to increase the likelihood that teachers adopt improved teaching practices and how implementation can be supported at both a central government agency level and school level.

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