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Education Administration ProgramsDar es Salaam, Tanzania201-500 Employees
The International School of Tanganyika is an independent, non-profit, co-educational day school located in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Founded in 1963, IST serves children from age 3 through Grade 12 and operates as an IB World School. It maintains an international faculty of about 120 teachers and educates a student body of roughly 900 from diverse backgrounds. The school's name reflects Tanzanian history, referencing Tanganyika, the mainland that gained independence in 1962 before the formation of Tanzania in the mid-1960s. Based in Dar es Salaam, IST positions itself within the international education sector by offering an IB-based curriculum as an independent, non-profit day school serving local families with children aged 3 to Grade 12.