purposes of education for self-reliance according to Mwl. Julius Kambarage Nyerere

Education is the development of an individual according to his or her needs and demands of society of which she or he is primarily of or education is the development of knowledge, skills and character of students.

Self-reliance refer to the building a character needed to live both independently and freely in community for oneself, with others and for others or self-reliance means doing things for ourselves rather than having things done for us.

Education for self-reliance means the transmit knowledge and skills for the aim of making a person to become independently for their future and national development.

The purpose of education for self-reliance according to Mwl. Julius Kambarage  Nyerere the first president of Tanzania;-

To alleviate poverty and to make people independent to sustain themselves; due to the education for self-reliance according to Mwl. J K Nyerere ideas this education helps people to improve from the low level of life development to higher level in order to get human basic needs and also to be able to practice in different activities for brought development and to increase individual and nation economic without depending to others.

Help people to be able to manage their environments; due to the practice of the education for self-reliance may helps much people in controlling their surrounding because this education make student to know how to overcome their problems in to the society. This is because education for self reliance teaching the students in theory and practice ways.

To help in shaping responsible and accountable citizen in the community; due to the education for self-reliance can lead people to know what they are supposed to do in the society in order to bring his or her economic development and other aspects like political, social as well as cultural practice in higher level.

To help people in rational thinking; due to the ideas of Nyerere in education for self-reliance people must have an ability of  thinking  in critically ways when he or she want to do or solve a certain problem in a society, because people may get positive impacts after doing or solving certain problem in critical thinking ways.