The 2025 Tanzania Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) showed a significant decline in different forms of violence against children since the country's first VACS in 2009. However, despite efforts to address this issue, it remains a problem in the country.
The insights from Tanzania's response following their first VACS offer valuable learning opportunities for stakeholders domestically, across the region, and globally, including on violence in and around schools. This study assesses national efforts to prevent violence in and around schools in Tanzania and aims to establish a national baseline to monitor progress over the next five years.
This report presents findings from the Safe to Learn diagnostic assessment, which was structured around the five Safe to Learn global Call to Action Points:
- Implementation of policies and legislation
- Strengthening prevention and response at the school level
- Shifting social norms and behaviour change
- Effectively investing resources
- Generating and utilising evidence
Each Call to Action Point included benchmarks to assess government compliance, identify best practices, pinpoint gaps, and set priorities essential for establishing a baseline to monitor Tanzanian progress towards eliminating violence against children in and through schools.
The assessment reveals that, while progress in VAC prevention strategies is evident at the national level, policies and actions do not always translate effectively at the subnational levels.
