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A Comprehensive Look at the Proposed A-Level Curriculum Review in Uganda

ICT Club Students of St. Joseph College Layibi

Introduction In a world where education systems constantly evolve, Uganda is not an exception. The proposed review of the Advanced Level (A-Level) curriculum is a significant step towards aligning the country’s educational framework with global trends and national needs, particularly in light of Vision 2040 and other key development agendas. The A-Level curriculum is more […]

KAWA Launches National Website Competition

ICT Club Students of St. Joseph College Layibi

KAWA Uganda in collaboration with the Uganda Communications Commission and the National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC) is introducing a national annual Website competition for secondary schools with ICT Clubs in Uganda. This will be a Project-Based Learning activity developed by a group of students in each school basing on the 17 Sustainable Development goals (SDGs) Motivation […]

Acumen of the Proposed New Lower Secondary Curriculum Framework

By Angela Kyagaba, NCDC Curriculum Specialist, English and literature in English (Secondary Department) National Curriculum Development Centre is soon rolling out the New Lower Secondary Curriculum framework which will comprise 21subjects. The subjects were carefully selected in order to create a balance between the three learning domains, namely, the cognitive, affective and psychomotor. Through this […]

The Accelerated Education Programme for Lower Secondary

Accelerated Education Programme (AEP) is “a flexible, age-appropriate programme that promotes access to education in an accelerated time-frame for disadvantaged groups, over-age out of school children and youth who missed out or had their education interrupted due to poverty, marginalization, conflict and crisis.” The goal of AEP is to provide learners with equivalent certified competencies […]

Time Table for S1, S5 Varsity Admissions Out

Schools to reopen in January 2022, universities set for November 2021. Year one Varsity students to Report First For the first time in many years, the country may not have candidates writing the national examinations administered by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) this year, sources have revealed. Sources in the Government familiar with the […]

School leaders need Retooling to reverse the negatively skewed UACE Results

Summary Exemplary performance in the Central region Rural-urban performance gap is wide The school dropout rate for girls is disturbingly high. Dismal parental engagement may be contributing to the observed poor performance Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) and the Ministry of Education and Sports released the 2020 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Educations (UACE) on Friday, […]

Schools in Kasese district

Kasese District is a District found in the Rwenzori Sub-Region of Western Uganda. The district has 29 sub-counties, 153 Parishes and 726 villages. The District has over 688 schools currently with 190 Nursery Schools, 427 Primary Schools, 65 Secondary Schools, 4 Tertiary Schools, 1 Primary Teachers’ College. Information from the Kasese District Website shows that […]

Schools in Lyantonde District

Lyantonde District is bordered by Sembabule District to the north and northeast, Lwengo District to the east, Rakai District to the south, and Kiruhura District to the west. The ‘chief town’ of the district, Lyantonde, is located approximately 75 kilometers (47 mi), by road, west of the city of Masaka, the largest metropolitan area in the sub-region. The District has over 208 schools currently with 93 […]