Tanzania Public Service College

The Tanzania Public Service College (TPSC), an institution of higher learning in Tanzania, mandated to offer courses that prepare school leavers for effective delivery of public service to the citizens of the country. The institution also offers refresher courses to active public servants, to improve and update their knowledge-base and skills.[1][2]

Tanzania Public Service College

Chuo Cha Utumishi Wa Umma  (Swahili)
Motto in English	Training For Improved Performance
Type	Public
Established	1991 (1991)
Chancellor	Emmanuel Shindika
Location	Dar es Salaam, Tabora, Singida, Tanga, Mbeya and Mtwara , Tanzania
Website	tpsc.go.tz

Location

The College has six campuses at the following locations: Mtwara, Singida, Tanga, Mbeya, Tabora and Dar es Salaam.[1] The main campus in Dar es Salaam is along Bibi Titi Mohammed Street, in the Upanga East neighborhood.[3] The geographical coordinates of the Dar es Salaam campus are:06°48'54.0"S, 39°16'51.0"E (Latitude:-6.815000; Longitude:39.280833).[4]

Overview

Tanzania Public Service College was established to support public service department on training, consultancy and research in order to meet customers' satisfaction. Tanzania Public Service College is running some projects in various discipline in order to improve the quality of service. Some of the project are conducted with some supports from donors like CINOP. Cinop has done a lot to make sure that TPSC through participatory approach is adapting CBET (Competence Based Education Training). TPSC is registered as a Technical College in which Public Service Departments will have practical oriented staffs graduated from TPSC. In doing so CINOP has participated fully in the process of Improving ICT infrastructure, like Computer Labs and Information Resource Centre. Under this project, TPSC is the first institution in Africa to use a Dutch Computer application to manage computers systems known as ResPowerfuse. Also TPSC is using IGEL technology. So TPSC is making efforts to make sure that staff are competent to deliver the service and to utilize the available resources.[5]

Academic programmes

The college offers certificates, diplomas and bachelors degrees in various disciplines, including the following:[6]

Academic Courses Offered At Tanzania Public Service College

Rank	Course	Duration in Months	Notes
1	Certificate in Information Technology	12	[6]
2	Certificate in Public Procurement and Supplies Management	12	[6]
3	Certificate in Local Government Administration	12	[6]
4	Certificate in Public Administration	12	[6]
5	Certificate in Records Management	12	[6]
6	Certificate in Secretarial Studies	12	[6]
7	Certificate in Human Resource Management	12	[6]
8	Diploma in Law	24	[6]
9	Diploma in Public Sector Financial Management	24	[6]
10	Diploma in Accountancy	24	[6]
11	Diploma in Information Technology	24	[6]
12	Diploma in Public Procurement and Supplies Management	24	[6]
13	Diploma in Local Government Administration	24	[6]
14	Diploma in Public Administration	24	[6]
15	Diploma in Secretarial Studies	24	[6]
16	Diploma in Records Management	24	[6]
17	Diploma in Human Resource Management	24	[6]
18	Bachelor's Degree in Records, Archives and Information Management	36	[6]
19	Bachelor's Degree in Secretarial Studies and Management	36	[6]

References

1. Tanzania Public Service College (21 May 2020). "Profile of Tanzania Public Service College". Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Public Service College. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
2. Tanzania Daily News (3 April 2017). "Tanzania: Kairuki Underlines Quality Graduates From Tanzania Public Service College" (via AllAfrica.com). Tanzania Daily News. Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
3. Tanzania Public Service College (21 May 2020). "Tanzania Public Service College: Contact Us". Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Public Service College. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
4. Google (21 May 2020). "Location of the Dar es Salaam Campus of Tanzania Public Service College" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
5. Gasper Andrew (27 September 2017). "Msonde: Public service college graduates jobless". The Citizen (Tanzania). Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
6. Tanzania Public Service College (21 May 2020). "Long Program Description". Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Public Service College. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

External links

• Tanzania Public Service College Website