The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Dr. Leonard Akwilapo and the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, H.E. Regine Hess, jointly launched DVV International’s program “Support for Adult Education System Building in Tanzania” during a workshop at the University of Dar es Salaam on the 2nd of February 2021.
The program will be implemented by DVV International in cooperation with its Tanzanian partners. Germany has committed more than 1 Million Euros for the first phase of the program, running until the end of 2022.
In her opening remarks, the German Ambassador underlined the impact adult learning and education has on literacy and numeracy, equal access to education, skills for employment and income-generation. As a cross-cutting enabler it also contributes to health, poverty reduction, local economic development, climate change and promotion of gender equality.
Frauke Heinze, representative from DVV International headquarters in Germany informed those present about the objective of the program, which aims at increasing access for adults to education, and strengthening adult education service delivery in the area of literacy and skills development. Government and CSOs will be assisted to review, analyse, consolidate, and streamline their programmes, to put a well-functioning adult learning and education system in place – a system that provides complementary learning opportunities for adults in Tanzania, fosters their personal development and promotes a knowledge-based society that is able to tackle today’s challenges.
The programme’s system building approach will draw on the regional experience DVV international has gained implementing adult learning and education programmes in Uganda (since 1985) and Ethiopia (since 1995). DVV International’s regional office for East Africa will be relocated from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in June 2021.
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