Steven Tito Academy (STA) started with a handful of children in 2012 as a program of The Baobab Home in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Thirteen years later in 2025, the school is at full capacity of classes from Prep (Kindergarten) to Grade Seven with 190 students.
As an English medium primary school, STA’s mission is to serve the children in the local community, offering high-quality education that is taught in English and focused on individualized learning and environmental awareness, in a safe environment. STA teachers do not use corporal punishment on the students in any way as they believe in teaching students to take ownership and responsibility for their actions.
The STA school motto is “Learning for Life”. Students learn skills to help them be successful in life, not just in examinations. We believe that one never stops learning. STA aims to teach students the skills and strategies needed to be able to continue to put into practice the knowledge and understanding, learned from the classroom, into real-world situations throughout their lives.
STA is proud to have some of the best primary school teachers in Tanzania. We recruit talented educators from across the country to deliver a well-rounded education that includes Sustainability, Science, Mathematics, Literacy (English and Kiswahili), the Arts, Vocational Skills and Physical Education and is tailored to each unique student always with our school values in mind.
"Education whether formal or informal has a purpose. That purpose is to transmit from one generation to the next the accumulated wisdom and knowledge of the society and to prepare the young people for their future membership of the society and their active participation in its maintenance or development."
- Julius Kambarage Nyerere, first President of Tanzania
While STA teaches essential values such as gratitude or perseverance, it dedicates a strong focus on teaching environmental awareness.
Our shamba (farm in Swahili) is the perfect setting for our school. It makes it easy to raise environmental awareness and convey the importance of taking care of the soil, plants, and trees that surround the school. The Baobab farm serves as a learning laboratory, offering STA students hands-on learning opportunities in sustainable agriculture. Through multiple initiatives such as our Agriculture Club, outdoor farming lessons, nutritious food services, tours across the shamba’s sustainable infrastructures, students get to acquire essential knowledge about regenerative farming, renewable energy, green food and plant medicine.
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Take a look at our shamba’s sustainable practices here.
Why is it essential?
We believe it is fundamental to teach the kids environmental awareness as by learning how their actions affect the world, students develop the responsibility needed to care for our planet. This hands-on learning also offers them a general view, from farm to fork, to what happens to their food, how to cultivate it without unnecessary chemicals.
| STA uses positive reinforcement and restorative justice to promote a safe learning environment. Unlike many other Tanzanian schools, STA teachers do not hit or harm the students in any way. Our teachers and staff use positive reinforcement and encourage students to take ownership of their own behavior, while still making sure the school rules are clear and fair for all students. Through this policy, students learn to make positive choices and to take responsibility for their actions. |
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At Steven Tito Academy, our values are central to our teaching practices:
Well being, unity, kindness, curiosity, gratitude, honesty, perseverance, responsibility
We believe that building a strong and healthy community requires the active participation of everyone involved in achieving our shared goals. At STA, we value parents as essential members of our school community, recognizing them as the first and most important educators of their children. By keeping parents actively engaged in their child's learning journey, we ensure that our values are instilled in both our students and their parents.
As such, teachers hold regular meetings with all parents, both one-on-one and as a group. Families of all full and partially sponsored students are also asked to provide service or trade each month to the school to foster responsibility for their child's education and to involve them in the day-to-day life of the school. Eventually, STA parents are valued members of the school community and they contribute in many different ways from gardening to coaching soccer or helping out in the school kitchen. These days we also offer parents training in soil health and organic gardening. We provide meals to parents and younger siblings and see a lot of mutual benefit.
