The Ministry of Education, Science and
Technology (MoEST) in collaboration with the World Bank is preparing a five
years program for higher education
improvement, “Higher Education for Economic Transformation (HEET)
project”. The development objective
of the project is to strengthen the learning environment and labour market alignment
of priority programs at beneficiary universities and improve the management of
the higher education system. The project will invest in
requisite infrastructure for modern and effective teaching and research, and by
training to the highest standard the teachers, researchers and administrators
needed by universities to achieve to their full potential.
The HEET
Project is geared towards meeting the following strategic objectives (i) to
increase enrolment in priority disciplines,
(ii) to improve the relevance and
quality of programs at universities to meet the conditions and standards of the
current and future labour market, (iii) to strengthen system-level
coordination, management, and regulations to ensure quantity, quality and
relevance of higher education in Tanzania, and (iv) to increase the rate and
extent of graduate employability through improving the relevance of curricula
and create new and demand-driven programs.
The
MoEST, have prepared Environmental and Social Safeguard instruments which will
guide implementation of HEET,
in alignment with the World Bank Safeguard Policies. The instruments include:
- Resettlement Policy Framework,
- Environmental and Social Management Framework, and
- Stakeholders Engagement Plan.
The three instruments identify how risks will be
mitigated and prevented, during project implementation.
Given the
importance of these guidelines, MoEST invites all stakeholders to comment
before the guidelines are submitted to the next level. The deadline for
submissions is 15 January 2021. Stakeholder comments may be submitted by post
or email to the following address: -
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology,
P. O. Box 10,
DODOMA
Email: heet@moe.go.tz
Att: Tabitha Etutu
The instruments are available for stakeholders’ consultation in the
website Ministry’s www.moe.go.tz.
For further enquires contact: Tabitha
Etutu tabitha.etutu@moe.go.tz or Sakanda Gaima sakanda.gaima@moe.go.tz.