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Uganda: Ugandan governement and Belgium commission shs. 8.5 billion in VTI infrastructure
William YEKA | 19-03-2021
Government has today commissioned shs. 8.5 billion infrastructure at Kasese Youth Polytechnic and St. Joseph’s Technical Institute Virika in Kabarole District. The facilities commissioned by the Minister of State for Higher Education Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo include fully furnished workshops...
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To Moodle or not to Moodle: The ideal e-Learning environment for Teacher Colleges in Uganda?
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 24-02-2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in schools shut all across the world. Globally, over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom. Since the closing of the schools in Uganda in March 2020, the TTE project responded with the project TTE Sandbox to experiment with EdTech to ensure the continuity...
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Uganda: Read the story on how Rose escaped a cycle of poverty and abuse
Racheal AKELLO | 01-02-2021
When Rose Aserua looks back upon her short yet eventful life, she praises herself lucky that she was able to escape a cycle of poverty, humiliation, and abuse. Like many other girls in her village in Moyo, Northern Uganda, she was raised by a single mother and married off at a tender...
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A ray of hope for Vivian Ulea in Uganda
Racheal AKELLO | 01-02-2021
Vivian Ulea had lost hope of ever finding a job. The 29-year-old woman of Besia village in Moyo, Northern Uganda, had dropped out of Senior Four due to lack of school fees. With no means to sustain herself, she depended on her grandmother for such basic items as soap and food. But poverty...
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Together, Enabel, the Junior Programme and National Teachers'Colleges join forces to support continuity of learning - Uganda
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 29-01-2021
The National Teachers’ Colleges are among the tertiary education institutions in Uganda that have been at the forefront of the new distance learning system since the outbreak of COVID-19. The Colleges with support from Enabel have taken the necessary steps to ensure that there is a continuity of...
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In Uganda, National Teachers’ Colleges receive newly constructed buildings
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 07-01-2021
National Teachers’ Colleges operate among the government aided tertiary institutions mandated to train quality teachers for the lower secondary and primary schools in Uganda. Over the years, Enabel has collaborated with the Ministry of Education to improve secondary teacher education by focusing ...
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NTC lecturers redefining the teaching process in Uganda
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 12-11-2020
With the significant change to the way learning is presently operating, it is inevitable that teachers must re-skill at a record pace to support the continuity of learning.This means stepping away from traditional teaching methods and embracing the use of technology.A concept that Enabel has long...
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Transforming Information into shareable Knowledge - Uganda
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 04-11-2020
At Enabel, we believe that information has the power to transform societies by promoting sustainable development initiatives. The information we derive from our project implementation serves to improve our work but can further strengthen works of our partners when adopted on a larger scale. Therefore...
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In Uganda, MTN, a telecommunicatins provider and Enabel partner to promote distance learning
William YEKA | 03-11-2020
Teacher trainees will no longer incur data charges in order to access educational content. Uganda’s leading telecommunications provider MTN has zero-rated the one-stop online learning portal for aspiring teachers. Zero-rating is the practice of not charging customers for data use on specific websites...
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Launch of a distance learning strategy in times of Covid-19 in Uganda
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 27-10-2020
Given the global pandemic and its impact on the education system around the world, many actors have been quick to respond to the education crisis. In Uganda, Enabel has worked together with the Ministry of Education and Sports to develop and implement a distance learning strategy dubbed the “TTE...
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Ugandan teachers say what they think of the TTE Sandbox Strategy
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 27-10-2020
The Sandbox Strategy is transforming the teaching and learning process within the National Teachers' Colleges allowing them to adjust to digital technology but also ensure the continuity of learning. Here is in video what some teachers had to say about this strategy.Read more about the Sandbox project...
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Quality low-cost health care services benefiting Uganda's Rwenzori and West Nile regions
William YEKA | 22-10-2020
52 years old Alfred Ocolla, has a kidney and heart problem. He would travel 80kms away from his home to Arua Regional Referral Hospital for routine check-ups. Sometimes, Ocolla would be referred to Lacor hospital in Gulu for oxygen. According to Dr Jammy Omara, the Medical Superintendent of ...
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In Uganda, the Ministry of Education and Sports approves criteria for defining a TVET centre of excellence
Racheal AKELLO | 20-10-2020
Enabel in close collaboration with Development Partners, worked with the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) to establish and define the concept of a TVET Centre of Excellence (CoE). This exercise which transpired during last September was aimed at establishing standard criteria and framework...
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In Uganda, innovation helped students survive during Covid lockdown
Racheal AKELLO | 06-10-2020
They had just received their biggest order ever. In February 2020, they won a contract to make 500 uniforms for pupils of Kisumu Primary School. But then Covid-19 struck. Schools and businesses were closed. Public and private transport were banned and a 7 pm curfew was introduced. For...
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350 more Refugees & Host Communities trainees get skills training in West Nile - Uganda
Racheal AKELLO | 06-10-2020
Another 350 young people in Uganda’s West Nile region have enrolled in short term skills training courses organized by the Belgian development agency Enabel. This brings to 2,550 the total number of youth, both Ugandans and South Sudanese refugees, who have benefited from the programme...