REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION & LOCAL GOVERNMENT - PMORALG 
THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
BASIC EDUCATION STATISTICS(BEST)
Availability
 of relevant and timely data is necessary in enabling policy makers, 
education managers, planners, researchers and other data users to 
perform their functions properly and provide appropriate services to the
 customers. 
Following the implementation of 
Decentralization by Devolution policy (D by D), the Prime Minister’s 
Office, Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG) is now 
responsible for the management and administration of pre- primary, 
primary and secondary education in Tanzania. This involves not just the 
administration of the schools but also to plan for their development, to
 monitor and evaluate their performance and to ensure that they are 
properly supplied with appropriate facilities for the purpose of 
achieving provision of quality education for all. For this reason, 
PMO-RALG must have easy access to education management information 
especially education information and data that provide key indicators on
 the size and progress of the basic education sub-sector. 
To
 achieve the intention of ensuring that basic education information and 
data is made available PMO-RALG has, effective from 2013, embarked on 
annual production of National level Basic Education Statistics booklet. A
 second booklet containing data at Regional level is also being 
produced. The purpose of this latter booklet is to provide education 
data in relatively greater details disaggregated at regional level and 
over a wide span of ten years. This will allow comparison and analysis 
of needs and performance at sub-national levels so that PMO-RALG can 
take appropriate measures to address any education issues arising at 
those sub-national levels. 
The booklets have 
information and data on students’ enrolment, teachers, education 
facilities, examination results, school inspection and finance. The 
information and data provided in these booklets will also provide key 
information that will enhance the implementation of Big Results Now 
(BRN) initiatives at primary and secondary education levels. For more 
information download and read the following attachements.
- Pre- Primary, Primary and Secondary Education Statistics in Brief
- Pre- Primary, Primary and Secondary Education Statistics - Regional Data
- Pre- Primary, Primary and Secondary Education Statistics - National Data