Issues on Financing Higher Education in Tanzania

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Author(s): Sotco Claudius Komba (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 14
Source title: The Future of Accessibility in International Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Henry C. Alphin Jr. (Drexel University, USA), Roy Y. Chan (Indiana University, USA)and Jennie Lavine (University of Hull, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2560-8.ch008

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Education / Educational Administration and Leadership / Higher Education

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Education is a key to the development of any nation. Higher Education, in particular, is expected to produce graduates with knowledge and skills required for solving open and closed ended socioeconomic problems with a view of improving livelihoods. In order to achieve this end, it is mandatory for national governments to invest heavily in education and ensure equity and equality in accessing education opportunities. However, a critical examination of trends in financing higher education in Tanzania has revealed that higher education sector is currently being underfunded by the government. This trend does not only affect the issues of accessibility to and equity and equality in higher education, but also impinges on the provision of quality higher education. Thus, this chapter examines the trends and proposes a way forward for sustainable higher education funding policies.

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