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Project Update With support from British Council and DFID, the School of Distance and Lifelong Learning is undertaking a GBP 60,000 project on enhancing parents’/community members’ capability to understand and act upon issues which prevent children from completing primary education and progressing into secondary. The three year project focuses on the importance of educating girls to achieve other MDGS relating to maternal and infant health and poverty alleviation through economic...Read More

School of Education with funding from British Council /DFID is working on a capacity building project for teachers in post conflict northern Uganda. The 23 year old armed conflict in Northern Uganda has left students and teachers traumatized. Schools lack formal training mechanisms in peace building needed to manage the traumatized students, teachers and parents. Through the pilot project, teachers in northern Uganda have been able to manage traumatized learners...Read More

Since its inception Universal Secondary Education has suffered inadequate classroom space, shortage of qualified teachers and learning materials. Makerere University through the School of Education has implemented ELATE (E-learning and Teacher Education) project to address these challenges. Free and easily accessible learning materials incorporating job related life skills have been developed and disseminated to build the capacity of teachers. This has enabled teachers to produce holistically trained learners who can...Read More