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Emmanuel Kusemererwa's journey: from Senior Six to thriving in landscaping - Uganda
William YEKA | 28-08-2023
Emmanuel Kusemererwa from Fort Portal was lucky to have completedsenior six. Only 5 percent of Ugandans reach that level in school.But that was no guarantee for a decent income.Due to the high cost of living in the city, it was insufficient to cover allhis basic needs. He felt stranded. He was unable...
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Uganda: From dropout to entrepreneur: Sharon's tailoring success story
William YEKA | 15-08-2023
The fourth born out of a family six siblings, Sharon Logiel always desired to acquire at least a bachelor’s degree. As a result, she took her academics very seriously. “I wanted to study up to university. But my parents did not have enough money to take care of my school needs,” she reveals...
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Beekeeping success story in Uganda: Amon Kansiime's journey to becoming a thriving beekeeper
William YEKA | 14-08-2023
Amon Kansiime counts himself lucky. At the age of 24, he is set to become one of the greatest beekeepers in Kikuube district of western Uganda.This is thanks to a training course in management and apiary he followed in 2022, one of Enabel’s skills training initiatives. Upon completion, he received a...
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Empowering youth through vocational training: Robert's success story with skilling Uganda Initiative
William YEKA | 25-07-2023
Robert Ssuuna from Masaka was fortunate to have made it to senior four at school. Only about 16 percent of all children in Uganda complete O’level. But then he got stuck. Another two years of secondary school would not add much to his chances of finding a job, particularly if he could...
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How to maintain infrastructure maintenance in Teacher Colleges in Uganda
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 05-07-2023
With the support of building and renovating College facilities, National Teachers' Colleges have received an entire facelift. new facilities such as learning spaces are inspiring innovation and improving teaching and learning services in the colleges. For one, the addition of ICT equipment such as projector...
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Uganda: Improving colleges maintenance with the digital tool "Asset Tiger"
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 05-07-2023
A new digital tool, ‘Asset Tiger’, has been introduced to manage the ICT device scheme for efficiently leasing tablets. Asset Tiger is an online asset management tool that allows NTCs to rent and track valuable ICT equipment and their details.
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In Uganda, HubAway Digital Hub transforming the National Teachers’ Colleges Kabale
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 05-07-2023
It has been quite the journey for NTC Kabale to actualize the first digital hub in the National Teachers’ Colleges.Since the benchmarking exercise in July last year, the team of digital ninjas has finally established an ideal centre that will promote innovation in teaching and learning and provide spaces...
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Uganda: Energy savings stoves installed in the National Teachers’ Colleges
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 05-07-2023
To play our part in conserving the environment, Enabel has installed energy-efficient wood-saving stoves in the National Teachers’ Colleges (NTCs). Today, NTCs have reduced their need for firewood by over 50% (from 8 to 4 truckloads) per term resulting in a saving of UGX 7.2m (1,800 EUR) per college...
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In Uganda, tourism and hotel management training turned around Keren’s life
William YEKA | 26-06-2023
Keren Loput never imagined dropping out of school one day due to lack of fees. The now 20-year completed her ordinary level education without any major complications. Born to working class parents, her family was fairly financially stable.“After finishing senior four, I decided to enroll...
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Results-based management takes college administration to the next level in Uganda
Peace NERIMA | 19-06-2023
In 2017, Enabel and the Ministry of Education and Sports introduced a strategy known as Results-based Management (RBM) to improve the management of the National Teachers Colleges (NTCs). RBM is a process that involves monitoring and assessing planned actions as well as collaborative execution and...
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Improving performance in national teacher colleges
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 14-06-2023
Results-Based Management (RBM), is a process that involves participatory planning, collaborative implementation, transparent accountability and monitoring and evaluating planned activities. It was introduced to National Teachers' Colleges (NTCs) with the purpose of enabling college management teams ...
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Income-generating activities sustaining Colleges in Uganda
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 14-06-2023
Strengthening alternative revenue sources remains very critical for the colleges to operate efficiently. The National Teachers' Colleges continue to engage in income-generating activities despite the meagre resources for investment.Using seed funding from Enabel, different colleges have engaged in income...
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Enabel supports 3500 students in Uganda to graduate during the Covid-19 pandemic
Peace NERIMA | 06-06-2023
In 2021, the Ministry of Education and Sports launched an Emergency Response Plan (ERP) for School Practice (SP) in the five National Teacher's Colleges (NTCs) to allow three cohorts of students (2019, 2020, and 2021) to graduate while the COVID-19 epidemic was still in effect. The graduation of ...
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In Uganda, the Academic Management System is simplifying student assessment
Peace NERIMA | 01-06-2023
School Practice is a learning process that requires prospective teachers to acquire practical teaching experience in a classroom. The school practice process involves students presenting and showcasing their teaching skills under the supervision of teacher trainers. Here, they showcase instructional...
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Academic Management System Innovation Supports School Practice in Uganda
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 17-05-2023
For many years, the National Teachers Colleges (NTCs) have faced challenges with record keeping and managing college activities. College data was often lacking or inaccessible. Today, Colleges are using in-house Academic Management software that is improving their digital capacity to manage college...