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The Department of Adult and Community Education at Makerere University, on 15th April 2026 participated in the Second Prof. Peter Jarvis Memorial Lecture, held at Gulu University in a hybrid format, bringing together scholars, practitioners, and students from across the region. Held under the theme “The Individual, The Collective and The Learning Society,” the lecture created a dynamic platform for reflecting on Prof. Jarvis’s enduring contribution to adult and lifelong...Read More

According to Nelson Mandela “Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world.” This powerful statement resonates with the strides being undertaken by the Government of Uganda to transform the education sector through the Competency-Based Education model. According to the experts in the field, competency-based education is about the change of methodology from a teacher centred approach to the learner.  The competence-based education model positions...Read More

The Institute of Open, Distance and e-Learning (IODel) on behalf of Makerere University, in collaboration with a consortium of 21 partner institutions from 13 countries across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa, is implementing a project titled: Critical Virtual Exchange in Artificial Intelligence (CVEinAI). The participating countries include Italy, Denmark, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, France, Romania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Namibia, Ghana and Botswana with the University of Padua in Italy coordinating the consortium....Read More

Makerere University, on Thursday 26th March 2026, hosted the School Stakeholders’ Exhibition, bringing together learners, teachers, researchers, and education policymakers to demonstrate how Uganda’s Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) can  be implemented through experiential learning and real-life situations. The Exhibition was championed by graduate students from the College of Education and External Studies (CEES) and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) guided by Dr. Anne Ampaire, a Lecturer of Educational...Read More

The Department of Adult and Community Education (DACE), under the School of Distance and Lifelong Learning at the College of Education and External Studies (CEES), Makerere University, has launched a bi-weekly research seminar series aimed at strengthening scholarly engagement and promoting co-authorship among staff and students. The initiative forms part of the Department’s broader strategy to develop and operationalise its research agenda, with the goal of repositioning Adult and Community...Read More