Luhanga, M.L. (2004) Tanzania. In The implications of WTO/GATS for higher education in Africa: proceedings of Accra workshop on GATS, 27th–29th April, 2004, Accra, Ghana. Accra: Association of African Universities.
Luhanga does not state this, though others have (can’t remember who) have noted that it is the Ministry of Finance that oversees GATS issues – even for higher education – in Tanzania.
Five recognized public universities
(1) University of Dar es Salaam
a. Muhimbili University College of Health Science
b. University College of Lands and Architectural Studies
(2) Sokoine University of Agriculture
(3) Open University of Tanzania
(4) Mzumbe University
(5) State University of Zanzibar
Six recognized private universities
(1) Hubert Kairuki Memorial University
(2) St. Augustine University of Tanzania
a. Bugando University College of Health Sciences
(3) Zanzibar University
(4) Tumaini University
a. Iringa University Colelge
b. Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College
c. Makumira University
(5) Mount Meru University
(6) International Medical and Technology University
Transnational provision of higher education is low in Tanzania – Luhanga offers the African Virtual University programs affiliated with UDASA and programs at the Open University of Tanzania. Also mentioned are students who get distance education degrees via UNISA.
Luhanga names the agencies of government that regulate higher education – Higher Education Accreditation Council (university level) and National Council for Technical Education (non-university, technical school, college level).
Tanzania has no regional (region-wide) framework for regulatory accreditation, though informally, the Inter-University Council of East Africa has taken up a role in this arena.
Luhanga mentions that there has been little internal (to Tanzania) debate about GATS and higher education. He offers the point that only 3/10th of one percent (.0003) of all Tanzanians entering primary school finish higher education, so the pool of affected people is small.
He concludes by saying that higher education in Tanzania is already liberalized – more private universities recognized than public universities. Implication may be that Tanzania need not implement GATS for higher education??
