Glad Education Initiative is an institution of Katoki Foundation dedicated to education, skills development and human formation.
Beginning with Glad Pre & Primary School and progressively extending towards secondary and vocational education, we are building an educational pathway that supports learners as they grow in knowledge, capability, character and responsibility.
Our purpose is not simply to prepare learners for the next level of education. It is to help prepare them for learning, life, work and meaningful participation in society.
Learning for Life
Education should do more than prepare learners to pass examinations. It should help them understand the world, discover their capabilities, develop character, build relationships, acquire practical skills and become increasingly able to shape their own lives and contribute to the lives of others.
At Glad Education Initiative, we therefore understand education as a journey of human development: Learning → Capability → Character → Agency → Contribution → Human Flourishing.
Every stage of that journey matters.
Our Schools
One Educational Journey. Different Stages of Learning.
Glad Education Initiative is developing a connected educational pathway from the early years of learning through primary and secondary education to vocational skills development.
Glad Pre & Primary School is where the Glad educational journey begins. The school provides pre-primary and primary education within a learning environment that supports academic development, curiosity, creativity, character and positive relationships.
Glad Secondary School is the next phase of the Glad educational journey. It will extend the foundations developed during primary education and support learners as they deepen their knowledge, discover their capabilities and prepare for further education, vocational pathways and life beyond school.
Glad Vocational School is being developed as the practical and skills-oriented dimension of the Glad educational pathway. It will connect learning with practical capability, work, enterprise and productive participation in society.
Education For Human Flourishing
The Glad educational journey is built around a simple conviction: what people learn should expand what they are capable of doing and becoming.
Our pathway therefore connects: Foundation → Knowledge → Skills → Capability → Agency → Contribution
Through this journey, education becomes more than preparation for examinations or employment. It becomes part of the wider process through which people develop the capabilities to pursue meaningful lives and contribute responsibly to their communities and society.
Friends of Glad Education Initiative
Be Part of the Glad Journey
The Friends of Glad Initiative brings together individuals and organisations who want to contribute to the development of Glad Education Initiative and the educational opportunities it seeks to create.
Friends of Glad can participate through expertise, mentorship, professional networks, partnerships, volunteering, technology, resources, financial or material support, or by connecting Glad with others who can make a difference.
Part of Katoki Foundation
Glad Education Initiative is one of the three principal institutions of Katoki Foundation, alongside Ubuntu University of Tanzania and Katoki Media.
Together, these institutions contribute to the common purpose of Katoki Foundation: Advancing Human Flourishing