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. Under the theme “A Paradigm Shift towards innovative, resilient...Read More
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....Read More
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...Read More
As Makerere University intensifies efforts to promote the teaching of Kiswahili, Dr. Caesar Jjingo has also joined efforts to gain more knowledge in exploring the Kiswahili using teaching competence-based curriculum and related approaches Dr. Jjingo is among those who will be flying to the United States of America in August to conduct post-doctoral research in competence based...Read More
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...Read More
Senior presidential advisor on special duties Odrek Rwabwogo has lauded Makerere University College of Education for empowering the ghetto youth. “Makerere is known as an ivory tower where people come to study for degrees and PhDs, but this is a different kind of training that has gone on for 13 weeks, people who come from...Read More
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