Core Function and Obectives of Tanzania Public Service College

Development of skills, knowledge and awareness in Management, Leadership, Administration and Office Support. This will be achieved through delivery of quality, demand-driven and practically oriented training programmes

The roles and functions of the Agency are to:

(i) Offer statutory and voluntary trainings for all public servants;

(ii) Offering public servants’ access to training through the use of technology-based training facilities and programmes;

(iii) Conduct and coordinate public service examinations and public service proficiency Programmes to enhance public service delivery;

(iv) Develop skills, knowledge and awareness in management, leadership, administration and office support;

(v) Offer advisory/consultancy services;

(vi) Provide training and platforms for knowledge sharing that meet the public service requirement and other beneficiaries;

(vii) Disseminate knowledge on public service management best practice through applied research and publication of research findings;

(viii) Harness global expertise in a variety of disciplines through linkages to development networks, best faculties and skills available in the world;

(ix) Enable target beneficiaries to learn in friendly environment with less costs, less work disruptions, travel and social disconnection;

(x) Promote Government policies, learning culture and supporting technological use among a wide range of actors for enhancement of development in Tanzania;

(xi) Award bachelor degrees, diplomas and certificates to qualified graduates of a few professional programmes; and

(xii) Foster strategic alliances and partnership with public and private training and development institutions and individuals to strengthen and deliver public service learning.

The College will concentrate her programmes on “performance improvement”, although it will also offer in addition, a few professional programmes designed to prepare school leavers for a meaningful career in the Public Service as a viable career option to the private sector. The professional programmes will lead to accredited or certified qualifications and will include Certificate and Diploma level programmes.

Consistent with the stated mandate, functions and objectives, TPSC is challenged to offer comprehensive and interrelated training and development programmes throughout the vertical spectrum of the Public Service (i.e. at junior and middle level).

TPSC Core Values: