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International Teachers day was on 5th
October 2021 and with it a reminder that for nearly two years the education
system across the world is still facing significant challenges caused by the
disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic.
As this year’s theme was ‘Teachers at the heart of
Education recovery’, we reflected on the irreplaceable value of the teaching profession in society but also
on the difficult working conditions teachers were facing and what they did to
mitigate them. This theme came at a crucial time for teachers in the National
Teachers’ Colleges (NTCs) because they were on the frontlines of ensuring
learning continuity in Uganda when schools were closed. They had to rapidly
adapt to distance learning and manage new digital tools while providing socio-emotional
support to their students.
The teachers
in the NTCs proved beyond reasonable doubt the exceptional role they played and
set an example
of the great work teachers in Uganda are capable of achieving. From the first
school lockdown in March 2020, NTC teachers embraced and proactively
participated in the development of new education innovations to ensure the
continuity of learning. They started by creating the TTE
Sandbox that set the pace
for the creation of many more digital innovations such as;
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