The Open University of Tanzania (OUT) was established by an Act of Parliament No. 17 of 1992, as the first Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institution of higher learning in Tanzania. By the beginning of 1994, OUT started enrolling students in its undergraduate programmes. Following enactment of the Universities Act No. 7 of 2005, the Act of Parliament No. 17 of 1992 was repealed and replaced by the OUT Charter (2007), which became operational from January 2007. The Open University of Tanzania has since grown to become the leading public University in the country. The University operates through a network of 30 Regional Centres and more than 70 Study Centres in Tanzania and abroad including Coordination Centres in Zanzibar. Also there are International Coordination Centres in Kenya at Egerton University and College of Human Resources Management all based in Nairobi, Triumphant College in Namibia, Uganda Management Institute and Malawi College of Distance Education (MCDE). These centres help to address the emerging national, regional and global challenges which emanate from the fast changing perceptions and world cultural, social and economic outlooks. The University hosts three centres that include; the Centre for Economics and Community Economic Development (CECED), the ACDE Technical Committee on Collaboration (ACDE-TCC), and the SADC-ODL Centre of Specialization for Teacher Education.