Date of publication:

08/21/2025

United Republic of Tanzania (the)

Do domestic laws and policies provide forcibly displaced and stateless persons with access to administrative or judicial remedies when they are denied access to education?

ANALYSIS

Assessment by population

Refugees
Asylum-seekers
Stateless persons
Analysis

In Tanzania, domestic laws and policies do not explicitly provide forcibly displaced and stateless persons with the right to effective administrative or judicial remedies if they are denied access to education. While the legal framework acknowledges certain rights for refugees, including access to primary education, mechanisms for recourse in cases of educational denial are not clearly articulated. This lack of explicit provisions may hinder the ability of these individuals to challenge educational access denials through formal legal channels.​

    LAW & POLICY

    Related provisions of domestic law or policy

    The Refugee Act

    Legal provision

    Section 31.3 - Education for refugees

    The Minister in consultation with the Minister responsible for education as regards secondary education and in consultation with the Minister responsible for higher education other than secondary education shall make rules prescribing- (a)fees; (b)categories of schools, colleges or Universities a refugee student can be enrolled and (c)prescribing any matter that may need to be regulated for purposes of better and effective implementation of this section.

    Section 31.1 - Education for refugees

    Every refugee child shall be entitled to Primary Education in accordance with National Education Act 1978 and every refugee adult who desires to participate in adult education shall be entitled to do so in accordance with the Adult Education Act.

    Section 31.2 - Education for refugees

    Every refugee shall be entitled to post primary education in accordance with rules made by the Minister in accordance with subsection (3) of this section.

    The Law of the Child Act

    Legal provision

    Section 9.1 - Parental duty and responsibility

    Every child shall have a right to life, dignity, respect, leisure, liberty, health, education and shelter from his parents.