Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2020, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - United Republic of Tanzania (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee takes note of the supplementary information provided by the Government in light of the decision adopted by the Governing Body at its 338th Session (June 2020). The Committee examines the application of the Convention on the basis of the supplementary information received from the Government this year, as well as on the basis of the information at its disposal in 2019.

Articles 2–5 of the Convention. Granting of paid educational leave. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that Section G of the Standing Orders for the Public Service (2009) outlines the Policy for paid educational leave in public sector. The Government indicates that section G.7(2)(b) of the Standing Orders stipulates that a public servant selected to attend an in-service course shall be granted leave with pay while pursuing a course in a higher learning institution which is in the employers’ Training Programme. In this respect, the public employee’s salary will continue to be paid by the respective Ministry for the duration of the course. The Government further indicates that employees may be granted permission to attend longer-term programmes which are not in the approved Training Plan without pay, provided that the course in question is aligned with the employee’s career development. Moreover, the employee must have completed at least two years of service. The Committee notes that employees may also be given a special leave of absence with pay while attending other courses that are not offered by higher learning institutions. Noting that section G.2 of the Standing Orders for the Public Service (2009) stipulates that the President’s Office, Public Service Management shall be responsible for developing training policy for public service and issuing training directives, the Committee invites the Government to provide detailed and updated information on the formulation and application, in collaboration with the social partners, of policies and measures to encourage the granting of paid educational leave for the purpose of vocational training at any level, as well as for general, social and civic education and trade union education, both in the public and private sectors. The Committee further requests the Government to provide information regarding the manner in which the paid educational leave policy is coordinated with general policies on employment, education and training, and hours of work, as required under Article 4 of the Convention. It also once again invites the Government to provide any reports, studies, surveys or statistical data enabling the Committee to assess the extent to which the Convention is applied in practice (Part V of the report form).

Article 6 of the Convention. Participation of the social partners and other stakeholders. The Committee reiterates its request that the Government provide information on the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that the public authorities, the social partners and institutions or bodies providing education and training are associated with the formulation and application of the policy for the promotion of paid educational leave.