ADEM trains 68,000 education leaders to improve quality education
DODOMA: MORE than 68,000 education leaders have been trained by the Agency for the Development of Educational Management (ADEM) as the government intensifies reforms to strengthen school leadership, improve accountability and enhance education quality in line with Tanzania’s Development Vision 2050.
The milestone comes as ADEM expands its leadership programmes through government and international partnerships, including a five-year nationwide training programme for secondary school heads and a national school leadership platform.
ADEM Chief Executive Officer, Dr Maulid Maulid, revealed the achievements on Thursday in Dodoma while briefing journalists on the agency’s performance.
He said the beneficiaries include head teachers, school heads, education officers, ward education coordinators, school quality assurance officers and other education managers who have received long and short-term leadership training since ADEM was established in 2001.
“The impact of these programmes is reflected in improved school leadership, stronger accountability, better management of public resources, fewer conflicts and improved students’ academic performance,” Dr Maulid said.
He noted that ADEM has become the country’s leading institution for developing education leaders, contributing to improved governance and education standards nationwide.
During the 2025/26 academic year, the agency admitted 2,016 trainees and plans to increase enrolment to 3,500 next year by expanding academic programmes and strengthening partnerships with local and international institutions.
Dr Maulid said ADEM has received more than 16.16bn/- through the five-year BOOST project, enabling it to train 17,817 head teachers, 3,907 ward education coordinators and 208 regional and district education officers, significantly strengthening leadership capacity in primary schools.
The agency has also established the National School Leadership Forum, now the country’s largest platform for education leaders to exchange experiences and discuss strategies for improving school management. The forum, held in October 2025 and July this year, brought together development partners, education experts, universities and government institutions from Tanzania and other African countries.
Among its key recommendations was the formation of a National School Management Committee to guide implementation of the Education Policy and Development Vision 2050.
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Dr Maulid said ADEM has also developed a five-year leadership training programme for all secondary school heads from 2026 to 2031 and partnered with VVOB-Education for Development to train more than 16,000 education leaders over the next five years.
“So far, 608 leaders have benefited from the programme, which is expected to improve learning conditions for more than 2.8 million students by 2030,” he said.
He added that ADEM will continue evaluating the impact of its programmes while expanding blended learning and introducing new leadership courses in vocational education, ICT and financial literacy.
