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Amina Nasibu Kamando

Lecturer

School of Education

Educational Foundations, Management and Lifelong Learning

Biography

Amina N. Kamando is a lecturer, currently working at the University of Dar es Salaam, School of Education, Department of Educational Foundations, Management and Lifelong Learning. She holds a PhD in education from the University of Glasgow, Master of Arts in Education and Bachelor of Education (Adult Education) from the University of Dar es Salaam. She has a diverse practical experience in the field of education, both as a teacher and researcher. She is interested in researching and working with local/rural communities through community-based research in challenging complex issues related to poverty and lack of education among the rural-poor communities; and/or the link between education and poverty alleviation and the impact on social change.

Research Interest

  • Community Development/Education & Lifelong Learning
  • Community Engagement
  • Partnership Working in Education Provision
  • Society and Education & Lifelong Learning
  • Primary & Secondary Education Provision/Development
  • Community-Based Research and Education Development in Rural/Local Communities

Gender Equality and Education Provision

Contacts

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Projects

  1. Managing Higher Education Institutions in the Context of Covid-19: Experiences of Tanzanian Institutions on Emergency Remote Teaching and its Implications for Education Quality, Equity and Access. Project funded by the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM-Grant 2021/2022) 

     

  2. Reducing Gender Inequality in Kenya and Tanzania, Project Funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) under the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) 2019 - 2022. https://the-equality-project.com/

     

  3. Government-Community Partnership in the Provision of Education in Rural Tanzania. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow-Scotland, United Kingdom, 2014

     

  4. Exploring the Link between Education and Poverty Alleviation in Tanzania: A Search for Missing Enablers in School Curricula. Part of the UDSM-Convocation-REPOA studies on How Education can be A ‘Big Enabler’ Or Lack of it A ‘Big Impediment’ In Poverty Reduction Efforts and Pro-Poor Growth, 2008-2009

Publications

  1. Ngonyani, H; Galabawa, J.J.C & Kamando, A.N. (2024). NGO capacity building initiatives: Impacts and constraints in enhancing teachers’ competence for managing learning environments in Tanzanian public secondary schools. Papers in Education and Development, 42 (1)

     

  2. Ngonyani, H & Kamando, A.N. (2023). NGOs’ role in improving girl students’ learning environment: perspectives from teacher mentors in NGO-supported public secondary schools. SN Social Sciences, 3 (6), 99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-023-00690-y

     

  3. Njirain, N & Kamando, A.N. (2021). Understanding Gender Inequalities in Households: Anecdotal Encounters by Practitioners in Kenya and Tanzania. Journal of Education, Humanities and Sciences, 10(2), pp.116-131

     

  4. Kamando, A.N & Doyle, L. (2013). Universities and Community-Based Research in Developing Countries: Community Voice and Educational Provision in Rural Tanzania. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 19 (1), pp.17-38 

     

  5. Ishumi, A; Anangisye, W. A-L; Kamando, A. N; & Mbelle, M. N. (2009). “Exploring the Link between Education and Poverty Alleviation in Tanzania: A Search for Missing Enablers in School Curricula. In UDSM-Convocation-REPOA studies on How Education can be A ‘Big Enabler’ Or Lack of it A ‘Big Impediment’ In Poverty Reduction Efforts and Pro-Poor Growth.

     

  6. Nasibu, A. (2009). Drivers of Change in Community Development: The Role of 'Msaragambo' among the Pare of North-Eastern Tanzania. Journal of Adult Education, 17, pp. 137-166.