Tag Archives: Curriculum

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The content of the curriculum used to teach students in Uganda’s medical schools is out of touch with the current needs of the country, and experts are worried. Prof. Joel Okullo, the Chairman of the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council that regulates medical practice …

Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Inadequate funding and lack of learning materials are affecting the implementation of the new secondary school curriculum in Lango sub-region. In 2020, the Ministry of Education and Sports rolled out the new lower secondary school curriculum that is competence-based. The new curriculum is aimed at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has revolved to expedite the reorientation of teachers on the revised lower secondary curriculum and the abridged curriculum. According to the Education Ministry, a number of gaps have been identified in the delivery of the two curriculums with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has asked schools to halt the use of smartphones as teaching aids. The State Minister for Higher Education, Dr Chrysostom Muyingo issued the orders at a press briefing at the Ministry of Education offices in Kampala. The minister noted that while …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Curriculum Development Centre-NCDC needs at least Shillings 1 billion to review the Advanced level curriculum. John Okumu, the manager Secondary Department at NCDC, explains that they found it crucial to embark on the process of reviewing the A-level curriculum before the pioneers of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Education Standards is to start inspecting the implementation of the revised lower secondary curriculum in schools. The ministry of education introduced a new lower secondary curriculum in 2020, focusing on skills and competencies away from the old curriculum that was theory-oriented. The National …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education and Sports Ministry has finally explained the discrepancies in the distribution of instructional materials for the revised new lower secondary curriculum. In 2020, the Ministry of Education rolled out the revised curriculum amidst protests from teachers and policymakers given the fact that a lot …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Industrial Training–DIT has started allocating assessment center numbers to all secondary schools. This is in line with the new lower secondary curriculum that was introduced by the government in 2020 for skills development. The pre-vocational subjects are summarized under eight including Information …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Educationists and school heads have warned that Uganda’s education system might fail to recover from the effects of COVID-19, should the ministry of education fail to roll out the promised abridged curriculum. As part of the recovery plan and ensuring that learners catch up on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in Parliament, Robinah Nabbanja, has informed legislators that Uganda’s education sector is on course to rolling out the new lower secondary school curriculum when schools reopen in January 2022. “Government has recruited and deployed 1,598 staff in …