Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In today’s rapidly evolving job market, there can be certain success in equipping young people with appropriate practical skills that enable them to earn a decent living beyond formal employment. Many youth face barriers and limitations that diminish their employment prospects. According to the …
Read More »UBTEB to start modular assessment in July
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) is to start conducting modularized assessments in July 2022. The first cohort of students that will go through this assessment begun studies in January this year. According to UBTEB, candidates who will sit for the modular assessment will …
Read More »TVET approach not necessarily solution to unemployment – Experts
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 …
Read More »Gov’t to restructure TVET agencies, institutions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is set to restructure and merge a number of institutions and agencies involved in skills development as part of the implementation of the new Technical, Vocational Education and Training-TVET policy. The National Council for Higher Education-NCHE, a body which was created by the …
Read More »Oil refinery project affected persons seek vocational training
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People who were relocated by the government to pave way for the construction of an oil refinery in the 13 villages of Kabaale Parish in Hoima district are demanding vocational training to enable them to work in the oil and gas industry. More than 7,000 …
Read More »Former street children in Gulu to benefit from UGX 678M vocational training project
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former street children in Gulu city are to benefit from a vocational skills training project worth 678 million shillings. The 20 girls are being sheltered at Generation in Actions in Bardege-Layibi division in Gulu city, they are part of the over 200 street children …
Read More »Gov’t approves 80 vocational training courses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has approved 80 new internationally adapted courses to be offered by 18 training institution across the country. These include nine courses in the oil and gas field and more than 70 others in vocational training programmes. The oil …
Read More »Gov’t asked to support vocational training
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been asked to make vocational training more attractive to the young people. Ingo Badoreck, the former Director of the German Chamber of Commerce in Kenya has said. Ingo says African economies and Uganda, in particular, require a strong base of people …
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