Tag Archives: TVET

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) has partnered with China to improve the quality and relevance of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programs in East Africa. This collaboration is part of the East African Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASPRIP), …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Education and Sports has unveiled a scholarship program to boost the participation of girls and Persons with Disabilities-PWDs in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Technical education has been identified as the key to Uganda’s competitiveness in the global skills …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board-UBTEB is planning to permit the utilization of local languages, to a certain extent, as a medium of instruction and assessment for modularized programmes. In 2022, UBTEB introduced modular assessment, which enables learners to take modules at their own …

TVET provides practical, hands-on training in various industries and prepares students for employment or entrepreneurship Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several parents are working up their phones as they struggle to secure placements for their children in secondary schools following the release of Primary Leaving Examination results on Friday last …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of students enrolling in technical vocational education and training programmes has increased, this is according to the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB). According to Onesmus Oyesigye, Executive Secretary of UBTEB, the board has enrolled 87,846 students from 601 centres nationwide for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is considering scrapping tuition fees and entry qualifications for students offering lower or certificate courses in Technical and Vocational Education and Training-TVET institutions. Although there are other factors like learners’ and parents’ attitudes undermining blue-collar jobs, compounded by restrictive admission entry requirements, high …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has issued new guidelines for admission of learners in Technical Vocational Education and Training Institutes. Previously, selection for TVET institutions had been conducted by the national selection committee alongside S.1 and S.5. For learners from A’ level, the admission was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The chairperson of the Parliamentary Health Committee, Dr. Charles Ayume has advised the education ministry not to rush adecision to reopen schools until the safety of learners and other people in the sector is guaranteed. The MP Koboko Municipality made the remarks at Kololo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) wants the government to compel higher institutions of learning to be assessed by the board. According to UBTEB, the powers given to the higher institutions of learning by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), has created …

TVET approach has contributed to the availability of skilled people in the country but unemployable due to skills mismatch Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts in technical education say that the introduction of vocational training is not an automatic solution to the unemployment in the country. The UNDP statistics indicate that …