According to the 2021 World Bank Tanzania Education Sector Institutional and Governance Assessment report, 28% of Tanzanian children are not enrolled in secondary school and only 3.1% have access to tertiary education (UNESCO).

The Bursary Support Program was created to increase the number of students accessing secondary school and tertiary education. The program has succeeded in improving access to tertiary education for students from low-income families, who would otherwise have had no means of funding their education.

The program has supported students enrolled at secondary schools, vocational colleges, and universities.