Tanzania Education and Skills for Productive Jobs Program (ESPJ)

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Key Information

The development objective of Education and Skills for Productive Jobs (ESPJ) Project for Tanzania is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Recipient’s skills development system and to promote the expansion and quality of labor market driven skills development opportunities in select economic sectors. Program key results (PforR) for ESPJ are divided into two result areas: 1) strengthening the institutional capacity of the skills development system; and 2) promoting the expansion and quality of labor market driven skills development opportunities in select economic sectors. The ESPJ PforR is fully aligned with the Government’s National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS). The NSDS proposes a targeted set of interventions at both the system and service delivery levels designed to have transformative impact on the skill supply system for industries with high potential for growth and job creation. The ESPJ PforR focuses on all initial six key economic sectors and all levels of skills identified in the NSDS. Key rationale for the selection of sectors include: (a) sector growth potential; (b) linkage with other sectors of the economy (enabling sectors); (c) contribution to employment generation; (d) feedback from private sector on skill shortage and potential for enhancing regional and international trade competitiveness; and (e) government priority. It may be noted that some of the trainings envisaged under the ESPJ PforR, especially at the entry level, will be common across the six key economic sectors. Therefore, these fungible skills, will allow greater vertical and horizontal career mobility for graduates within and across the key economic sectors under the ESPJ PforR.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

United Republic of Tanzania

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

United Republic of Tanzania

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2016 - 2022

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Not changed

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Post-secondary

Other

  • Transition from school to work

Other skills

  • Financial literacy
  • Vocational training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Learning while working

  • Vocational training
  • Work-study

Life skills education

  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Reducing economic barriers

  • Financial literacy training
  • Income-generating activities

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training
  • Self-help groups (financial, including savings and credit groups)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved critical thinking
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Reduced absenteeism

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms