A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Public Administration (MPA) of Mzumbe University.Initially, by 1980’s the CSO’s were not much engaged in influencing education policies in Tanzania but since 1990’s, their influence has championed changes in education policies through networking, raising education policy issues, providing education services and participating in the implementation and evaluation of education policies. However, determining the way how CSO’S have influenced education policies raises a study gap in investigating on how CSO’s influence education policies in Tanzania. The research design through which the study was conducted involved the use of both qualitative and quantitative data collected from primary and secondary sources of data. The data collection methods used involved interviews, documentary reviews and transcription on a few respondents. Further, questionnaires were used as data collection instruments. The Qualitative data collected was analysed through central editing by identifying mistakes, spelling errors and omissions, coding of the raw data through coding schemes, drawing connections to research questions and interpreting findings were done in the analysis of qualitative data. Similarly, quantitative data collected was analysed by using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The findings from the study have indicated that COS’s influence education policies in Tanzania through networking at 100% provide education services like teaching and learning materials at 69.2%, construction of school facilities at 55.4% and provision of education bursaries at 6.2%. Similarly CSO’s raise education policy issues at 87.7% through advocacy as opposed to demonstrative interventions and lobbying .Further, CSO’s implement education policies at 58.5% and participate in the evaluation of education policies at only 30.8%. The CSO’s influence in education policies is intended to ensure that Tanzania embraces good education policies that enhance equality and quality education for all. However in order to achieve this, CSO’s should strengthen networking forums at all levels, rely on evidence based information and struggle for empowerment of CSOs’ from the government through economic and political initiatives.