Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has finally given the green light to the development of a new A-Level competence-based curriculum. Sources from the Ministry of Education headquarters have revealed that Education Minister Janet Kataha Museveni has allowed the National Curriculum Development Centre to …
Read More »EDUCATION: NCDC criticized over populated sub-standard textbooks in schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Kedrace Turyagyenda, the former Director of Education Standards at the Ministry of Education revealed on Wednesday her troubling experience with substandard textbooks currently being used by teachers and learners in schools. Dr. Turyagyenda currently a member of the Education Policy Review Commission recounted discovering a …
Read More »Ugandan students encouraged to learn Chinese language for brighter career prospects
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | A Ugandan education official has encouraged the country’s students to pursue Chinese language studies. “All our students should learn Chinese because most of the jobs or opportunities come when you know at least two foreign languages,” said Hilda Ayebare, assistant curriculum specialist for foreign languages …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Teachers resort to old curriculum as schools lack teaching materials for senior three
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The implementation of the new lower secondary curriculum has suffered another setback as teachers of the pioneer class, now in senior three, lack teaching materials. The missing essential materials that teachers across the country are requesting include the teacher’s textbooks and learner’s guides. According to …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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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