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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is fronting reforms in technical and vocational training in a bid to regularize skills development and acquisition of competencies that are relevant to the job market. The reforms wound in the country’s first-ever Technical and Vocational Education and Training-TVET …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) has commenced a two-week training for assessors, lecturers, and tutors for 18 training programs under the new curriculum. The training according to Onesmus Oyesigye, the UBTEB executive secretary is aimed at equipping skills and competences to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Eng. Dr. Silver Mugisha, the new board chairperson of Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board –UBTEB has pledged to prevent unnecessary expenditure and transparency as he takes office. He said this during his inauguration at the Board Secretariat in Ntinda on Tuesday. Eng. Mugisha, who …

Changes to higher education can empower youth to drive continent’s economic transformation  COMMENT |KIM KERR| When South African university students took to the streets in 2016 as part of the “Fees Must Fall” protest movement, the “decolonisation of the curriculum” was among the movement’s chief concerns. It was a pivotal …

Rwandair, Agriculture, Energy, Defense to benefit Rwanda President Paul Kagame while on a visit to India invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Jan.10 to work out collaboration on exploring the methane reserves in his country. India which is in the midst of an energy quest, according to news reports there, …