This article was first published on the New Vision website on May 4, 2023 By Maria Wamala The Senior Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs, Ephraim Kamuntu, has commended the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) for re-conceptualising the curriculum saying the move will fix the outdated colonial education system that only served the interests of colonialists. […]
This article was first published on the New Vision website on March 26, 2023 By John Masaba KAMPALA – All roads will on April 26 and 27 lead to Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala as Uganda hosts an international conference on curriculum development. Organised under the theme Reconceptualising Curriculum in the 21st Century for Socio-Economic Transformation, the […]
By David Lukiiza When the Government introduced the new Competence-Based Lower Secondary School Curriculum (CBC), many schools did not have the capacity and technical expertise to implement it. In the process, some schools sent their staff for training at the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC). To retool their staff even further, in addition to the […]
By Kellen Owente School head teachers have said the first New Vision Education Expo, which begins this Friday, will help revive the sector. The expo, which will run from January 27 to 29 at the Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Nakawa, Kampala, comes a year after schools reopened following a two-year COVID-19-triggered […]
By Kellen Owente It is common for one to complete university without an idea of where to find a job. This is, in part, due to the fact that many students do not get exposed to job opportunities while still in school. But the first New Vision Education Expo, which starts this Friday, seeks to […]
By Martin Kitubi The acting head of the Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT), Patrick Byakatonda, has urged parents and students to attend the New Vision Education Expo, which starts this Friday. He says the expo will help you better understand the lower secondary curriculum and the opportunities in vocational training. The education is planned to take place […]
By Leonard Mukooli President Yoweri Museveni has directed Ugandan universities to begin developing academic curricula that meet job demands and societal needs. He says the university is not an island that exists on its own, rather, it owes its integral existence to society, which provides the material for financial and human resources for its operation. […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 5, 2022) By Nelson Kiva With the reopening of schools, secondary school students will be introduced to a competence-based curriculum. Throughout the month of January, Mwalimu will explore various aspects of the curriculum. This week, Nelson Kiva, presents an overview of the competence-based curriculum… The 2022 Senior One class, will be […]
A child with 64 marks to get an ‘A’ UNEB exams will be short and precise UCE certificates to be descriptive The education ministry, through the National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC), has concluded the assessment framework for the competence-based lower secondary school curriculum. The framework describes how S4 questions will be set by UNEB and […]
Presidential pledge for help still undelivered for 13 years (Published on Wednesday, February 9, 2022) By Moses Nampala When the wanainchi living in hard-to-reach ridges of Mt Elgon in Mbale district hosted President Yoweri Museveni on August 14, 2008, among the most critical challenges they presented to him was the lack of a Government-aided secondary […]