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TCU Overview:
The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) was established on 1st
July 2005, under the Universities Act (Chapter 346 of the Laws of
Tanzania) to succeed the former Higher Education Accreditation Council
which had been in operation since 1995. It is a body corporate mandated
to recognize, approve, register and accredit Universities operating in
Tanzania, and local or foreign University level programs being offered
by registered higher education institutions.
TCU also coordinates
the proper functioning of all university institutions in Tanzania so as
to foster a harmonized higher education system in the country. In order
to ensure that such a harmonious higher education system does not
compromise institutional peculiarities and autonomy, each University has
the legal right to operate under its own charter.
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The
Tanzania Commission for Universities succeeded the former Higher
Education Accreditation Council (HEAC) which was established in 1995
under the Education Act 1995 with a legal mandate to regulate the
establishment and subsequent accreditation of private university
institutions in the country. Being limited only to private universities,
such mandate was considered un favourable for the promotion of a viable
public-private partnership in higher education as stipulated in the
National Higher Education Policy of 1999.
Therefore,
such circumstances prompted the government to establish a harmonized
higher education system in the country which led into the establishment
of the Tanzania Commission for Universities. In order to ensure such a
harmonious higher education system does not compromise institutional
peculiarities and autonomy, each University has the legal right to
operate under its own charter.
The
mandates and core functions of the Commission are provided under
section 5(1) of the Universities Act Cap. 346. These functions can be
clustered into the following three major areas.
