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.
Location The College has six campuses at the following locations: Mtwara, Singida, Tanga, Mbeya, Tabora and Dar es Salaam. The main campus in Dar es Salaam is along Bibi Titi Mohammed Street, in the Upanga East neighborhood. 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).
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.
Academic programmes The college offers certificates, diplomas and bachelors degrees in various disciplines, including the following:
+ Academic Courses Offered At Tanzania Public Service College Rank Course Duration in Months Notes 1 Certificate in Information Technology 12 2 Certificate in Public Procurement and Supplies Management 12 3 Certificate in Local Government Administration 12 4 Certificate in Public Administration 12 5Certificate in Records Management 12 6Certificate in Secretarial Studies 12 7Certificate in Human Resource Management 12 8Diploma in Law 24 9 Diploma in Public Sector Financial Management 24 10Diploma in Accountancy 24 11Diploma in Information Technology 24 12Diploma in Public Procurement and Supplies Management 24 13Diploma in Local Government Administration 24 14Diploma in Public Administration 24 15Diploma in Secretarial Studies 24 16Diploma in Records Management 24 17Diploma in Human Resource Management 24 18 Bachelor's Degree in Records, Archives and Information Management 36 19Bachelor's Degree in Secretarial Studies and Management 36
References
External links Tanzania Public Service College Website