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Issues on Financing Higher Education in Tanzania

Issues on Financing Higher Education in Tanzania

Sotco Claudius Komba
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781522525608|ISBN10: 1522525602|EISBN13: 9781522525615
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2560-8.ch008
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Komba, Sotco Claudius. "Issues on Financing Higher Education in Tanzania." The Future of Accessibility in International Higher Education, edited by Henry C. Alphin Jr., et al., IGI Global, 2017, pp. 125-138. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2560-8.ch008

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Komba, S. C. (2017). Issues on Financing Higher Education in Tanzania. In H. Alphin Jr., R. Chan, & J. Lavine (Eds.), The Future of Accessibility in International Higher Education (pp. 125-138). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2560-8.ch008

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Komba, Sotco Claudius. "Issues on Financing Higher Education in Tanzania." In The Future of Accessibility in International Higher Education, edited by Henry C. Alphin Jr., Roy Y. Chan, and Jennie Lavine, 125-138. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2560-8.ch008

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Abstract

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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