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the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) for re-conceptualising the curriculum saying the move will fix the outdated colonial education system that only served the interests of colonialists. […]
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 […]
(Published on Wednesday, December 22, 2021) Apart from introducing authentic learning, the COVID-19 crisis has stepped up online learning By Conan Businge I f there is anything to gain from the COVID-19 pandemic, which left schools closed for almost two years and affecting 15 million learners, it should be the opportunity to change the country’s […]
(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 […]