Gennes Hendry Shirima

Results-oriented academician with a strong work ethic, adaptability, and excelling in fast-moving environments. Known for exceptional interpersonal skills, mastering new skills quickly, accomplishing tasks in a timely manner, and facilitating efficient teamwork and communication. Committed to pursuing new challenges that enhance, e.g. professional growth and impactful results.

• Title: PhD
• Date of Birth: 12/12/76
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Tanzanian

• Environmental conservation activist.
• Family man and community engaged person.
• Roman Catholic Pro-life activist.
• Leader of several charity programmes.

• Successful Chairman - Tanzanian PhD Students under DAAD Scholarship in Germany.
• Focal Person - Research and Innovation in the School of Education, UDSM.
• Team Leader - Curriculum review team (Master of Arts in Education), UDSM.
• Team Member - New curriculum development (Master of Education in Adult and Community Development MEd.ACD).
• 36 Master's students and 6 PhD students supervised and completed successfully.

• Professor Victor Mlekwa, Adult and Community Education Unit, School of Education of the University of Dar es Salaam, 0754380417
• Dr. George Kahangwa, Head of Department, EFMLL in the School of Education of the University of dar es Salaam, 0713563212, georgekahangwa@gmail.com.
• Dr. Nkanileka Mgonga, Former Head of Department, EFMLL in the School of Education of the University of es Salaam, 0674889123, nkanileka@gmail.com

Shirima, G. H. & Yunus, I. R. (2024). Rural-based primary school teachers’ inculcated servant leadership skills and their enhanced capacity of addressing rural education challenges through Edu-Heroes initiative in Tanzania. Leadership and Policy in Schools, Vol. 0(0), 1-18.

Yunus, I. R. & Shirima, G. H. (2023). Can servant-leadership skills enhance the role of teachers to address Tanzania's rural educational challenges?: The case of Edu-Heroes initiative. Global Challenges and Opportunities in Higher Education

Lekule, A. A. & Shirima, G. H. (2023). Conceptions of sustainability of open schools in offering quality secondary education in Tanzania. Papers in Education and Development, Vol. 41.

Sanga, P. L. & Shirima, G. H. (2023). Reflecting on experiences of learning among adult learners with multiple responsibilities: A case of evening programmes at a University in Tanzania. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 1-16.

Shirima, G. H. (2022). A paradigm shift in guiding the operations of open schools in Tanzania: Praxis of emerging controversies and dynamics. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education (JACE), Vol. 0(0), 1 -18.

Shirima, G. H. (2021). Fundamental managerial dimensions of non-formal education programmes and their dynamics in Tanzania. In B. L. Hall, P. A. Mushi, & P. L. Sanga (Eds.), Reigniting hope: 50 years of adult education in Tanzania (pp. 88 – 107). DUP.

Shirima, G. H. & Sige, M. J. (2021). Learning in the context of multiple responsibilities: Experiences of the university adult learners in the evening programmes. Paper presented in the International Conference on “50 Years of Adult Education in Tanzania” at the University of Dar es Salaam from 9th – 11thJune, 2021.

Shirima, G. H. & Mng’ong’o, E. B. (2021). Milestones of adult education since independence in Tanzania: Policy changes and their implications. Paper presented in the International Conference on “50 Years of Adult Education in Tanzania” at the University of Dar es Salaam from 9th – 11thJune, 2021.

Shirima, G. H. (2020). Managing the provision of non-formal secondary education in Tanzania: The emerging sustainability issues. Papers in Education and Development, Vol. 38(1), 71-93.

Shirima, G. H. (2016). Policy and Institutional Arrangements on the Provision and Sustainability of Non-Formal Secondary Education (NFSE) in Tanzania. Published PhD Thesis, University of Bielefeld, Germany.

Shirima, G. H. (2010). Management and sustainability of non-formal ordinary secondary education programme in Tanzania: The case of Ilala Municipality. Master’s Dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam.

MANUSCRIPTS

Shirima, G. H. (2025). University-community engagement initiatives in addressing local educational challenges: Experiences and the future prospects at the university of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Shirima, G. H. (2025). School self-evaluation as a real-time model of quality assurance in Tanzanian government secondary schools: How collaborative, reflective and systematic it is for academic improvement in Moshi Municipality, Tanzania.