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NCDC Starts Review of Early Childhood Development Learning Framework

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT|  The National Curriculum Development Centre-NCDC has started reviewing the early childhood development (ECD) learning framework. The review started on Thursday with a consultative meeting at Collin Hotel Mukono. NCDC had spent eighteen years without revisiting the framework. The current ECD framework for children between the ages …

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NCDC special needs tutor training flops over poor accommodation

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) training session came to an unexpected halt on Monday after a group of Center Coordinating Tutors (CCT) raised concern about inadequate accommodation and unclear communication from the organizers. The CCTs all returned home. The Center Coordinating Tutors had …

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Examining textbook distribution hurdles, delays

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After a significant period of waiting, both private and public schools will finally receive the textbooks for the new curriculum, the Ministry of Education and Sports has announced. Despite the implementation of the new curriculum in 2020, numerous aspects ranging from teacher training to the …

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Death toll from Lassa fever rises to 85 in Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | The death toll from Lassa fever in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has risen to 85 since the beginning of the year, local health authorities said on Monday. In its latest update on Lassa fever, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said 15 dead cases …

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UNEB: Continuous assessment now part of O’Level exams

After a 3 year delay, UNEB to start receiving continuous assessment scores Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has finalized mechanisms that will be used by schools to transmit students’ school-based assessments under the new lower secondary curriculum. Unlike the old curriculum, which relied solely on …

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Nigeria confirms 21 monkeypox cases

Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigeria has recorded 21 confirmed monkeypox cases across nine states and one death since January 2022, said the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) late on Sunday. In a report released by the NCDC, the health agency said the country has recorded 66 suspected monkeypox cases …

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NCDC plans extra training for teachers on new secondary curriculum

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) is set to collaborate with Teachers Associations to train more teachers on the revised Lower Secondary Curriculum in schools. The government through the Ministry of Education rolled out the new lower secondary education curriculum in February 2020 intending …

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Vocational final exams not compulsory – NCDC

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Curriculum Development Centre –NCDC says it is not compulsory for learners to sit for the final assessment of the vocational subjects. This is in line with the new lower secondary curriculum that was introduced by the government in 2020 for skills …

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