The Makerere Institute of Teacher Education and Research (MITER), signs MoU with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
The Makerere Institute of Teacher Education and Research (MITER), today signed an MoU with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) to collaborate in the areas of research, capacity building and Policy development. On behalf of CEES, the MoU was signed by the Principal Prof. Mugagga and the Deputy Director of MITER, Dr. Kabugo. On the part of IPA, the MoU was signed by Dr. Nalere Patrick, the Country Director. We congratulate MITER upon this milestone.
Staff Development: CEES Lecturers get Graduate Supervision Training
Staff of the College of Education and External Studies (CEES) concluded a two-day training in graduate supervision, with a call to ensure students graduate on time. The call was made by the Principal of the College, Prof. Anthony Mugagga while opening the training on August 10, 2023.
Resurrecting forgotten history: African Slave trade & modern-day slavery
The Centre for Teaching and Learning Support, CEES in collaboration with the University College London, UK organized an Educational webinar entitled: Omissions in Sloane’s Jamaican collections: African slave trade and modern slavery building shared futures. The webinar held on 28th July, 2023 saw over 40 participants; lecturers, students from Makerere University and other Public and Private universities engaging in debates on addressing contemporary challenges as such Modern Slavery.
DETA conference: Researchers discuss transformation of e-learning
The Distance Education and Teacher Training in Africa (DETA) Conference opened yesterday July 24, 2023 at Makerere University with a call to embrace distance and e-learnings and address the challenges associated with emerging Information and Communication Technologies. The 4-day conference will run until July 27, 2023.
Makerere starts training in soft skills among uganda police officers
Makerere University through the Makerere University Research and Innovation Fund (Mak-RIF) is set to impart soft skills in all Police Officers in Uganda. The idea is in a bid to strike a balance between the hard skills and soft skills in their police work. While presiding over a training workshop in Bwebajja last week, Dr. Badru Musisi, the Principal Investigator in this project
Researchers find innovative ways to teach history
History teaching and learning is perceived by many to be boring. This according to students is because history is often presented in such a way that students have to memorize names, dates, and events. Others argue that it is not relevant anymore. But scholars have argued that people who think that history is irrelevant aren’t getting the message that history can repeat itself and by not learning from the mistakes of the past, one is likely to repeat them in the future.
65 Ghetto youths equipped with entrepreneurial skills
At least 65 ghetto youths from the five Divisions of Kampala were equipped with entrepreneurial skills following a three-month training course. The youths from Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa, Rubaga and Central Divisions on Tuesday graduated with certificates at a ceremony that was held at Makerere University. The training was fully funded by the government of Uganda through Makerere University Research and Innovation Fund (Mak-Rif)
Dr. Caesar Jjingo wins Fulbright Award to promote the teaching of Kiswahili in Uganda
Masters Fellowships 2023/2024 scholarships
Interested applicants must submit their applications for admission directly to the respective universities (application procedure can be obtained from the respective university’s website). Upon receipt of an admission letter from a specific university, applicants shall upload the following documents on to the AERC scholarship portal https://training.aercafrica.org/admissionnew
CEES rolls out Kiswahili to boost market for products
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Makerere University College of Education and External Studies website. The College was formed following the merger of School of Education and Institute of Adult and Continuing Education; and now has three Schools and two Centres. These are: School of Distance and Lifelong Learning, School of Education, East African School of Higher Education Studies and Development, Centre for Teaching and Learning Support and Centre for Lifelong Learning.
