Tumaini Junior School

Tumaini Junior School, our first school, started in 2004 with 17 students in the living room of Tumaini School’s co-founders, Modest and Lightness Bayo. Today, the primary school has over 600 students, 300 day students, and 300 boarding. Tumaini Junior School is an English Medium primary school, where English is the language of instruction for all learners.

Tumaini Junior has consistently ranked in the top 1% of all primary schools in Tanzania over the past decade, evidenced by the national exam given to the oldest grade annually.  

Tumaini Senior Secondary School

The first three graduating classes from Tumaini Junior School attended government secondary schools. In most cases, these graduates were academically well advanced than their classmates and their subsequent education suffered. To solve this dilemma, the Bayos and Tanzania Education Corp embarked on a plan to build Tumaini Senior Secondary School (TSSS) in 2016. TSSS is an English-medium, STEM-focused, boarding school that offers all six years of Tanzanian secondary education. In its first year of national testing, TSSS ranked #1 in its district out of 24 secondary schools.

Tumaini TX Pre-Primary School

In 2017, with a grant from TX Corporation (Taiwan), the Bayos and Tanzania Education Corp opened a pre-primary campus to house the expanding younger student population.  Tumaini TX Pre-Primary School follows the tradition of Tumaini Schools' other campuses as all classes are taught in English. Around 200 tiny learners are currently enrolled at Tumaini.

Tumaini Schools

• Tumaini Junior School consistently ranks 1st in its district and in the top 1% of primary schools nationally

• In its first year of testing, Tumaini Senior Secondary ranked 1st in its district

• Over 1,100 students enrolled in 3 campuses

Tanzania Education Corps

• 10% of the student body receive scholarship aid

• Over 30+ classrooms built

• 2 well-resourced libraries to foster literacy