The establishment of PELO reflect back to fifteen years ago when two teachers had common questions as to why Tanzanian students are completing secondary education while not competent on communicating through English language as compared to their fellow students in neighbor countries?

HakiElimu (Swahili, meaning ‘Right to Education’) is a registered Non Governmental Organization/Civil Society Organization in Tanzania which was established in 2001 by 13 Tanzanian Founding Members. Our history is rooted in the ambition of those founder members – that citizens, if actively involved in education governance, can make a difference in the education sector.