By Lydia Namatende-Sakwa (PhD) (African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya) and Jimmy Luyima (PhD) (Kyambogo University, Uganda) Uganda’s 2020 shift to a Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) was envisioned as a transformative moment for the nation’s education system. The CBC promises to…
By Pita Magara (Strategic Plan Development Consultant) A Rainy Morning and a Dream Deferred It’s 6:30 a.m. on a rainy Monday morning. Kembabazi is already awake, whispering a silent prayer for the rain to stop. It echoes the playful chants…
Education is the backbone of national development, shaping future generations to meet the challenges of an evolving world. The Tanzania Education and Training Policy 2014, 2023 Edition introduces progressive reforms aimed at enhancing competency-based education (CBE), integrating ICT, and promoting…
Recent studies (Allen, Elks, Outhred, & Varly, 2016; Mitana, Muwagga, & Ssempala, 2018) highlighted how Uganda’s education system is skewed towards the passing of the final Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) examinations at Primary and Secondary Level, setting the stage for a…
