ADAPT SYSTEMS MAPPING WORKSHOP
On the 14th and 15th of November 2022, we held the Adapting assessment into policy and learning (ADAPT): Adolescent 21st Century Skills systems mapping workshop in Uganda. On the two-day event, we had participants from various education organisations and bodies such as; Uwezo Uganda, District Education Officers (DEO), Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB), FICH, Secondary …
ADAPT launched in Uganda.
Formative study report on the utilisation of learning assessment in Uganda is launched! This is part of adapting assessment into policy and learning (ADAPT): Adolescent 21st Century Skills Project implemented in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The event was successfully attended by policy makers and stake holders in the education sector of Uganda as they came …
CHALLENGES OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
CHALLENGES OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC Corona Virus disease (Covid-19) is a global pandemic that affects the respiratory organs of human beings leaving them with difficulty in breathing, running nose and dry cough. It started in December 2019 in a county town in China, Wuhan, spreading to the whole world and every country called for a lockdown …
Gender Based Violence
Gender Based Violence refers to harmful acts directed towards an individual based on their gender. During the Covid-19 lockdown, there are several cases of GBV in our communities such ass forced prostitution in order to get money, transactional sex, trafficking adolescent girls and young women to work as sex machines, marital rape and forcing girls …
Key Lessons for Adolescent Girls and Young Women
Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic: Key Lessons for Adolescent Girls and Young Women Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, many things such as churches, schools, arcades were locked in order to stop the spread of the Virus. And because of this, adolescent girls and young women in the different communities/societies are facing a lot of challenges. A …
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LOVE RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AND HIV/AIDS
Love in brief is a feeling of affection to someone or something. In the contemporary society, love has been expressed in various ways by different people with unpredictable aims. A number of youth involve themselves in such relationships but at the end of the day, the consequences are always regrettable and pitiable. However, the victims …
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EARLY MARRIAGE, TEENAGE PREGNACY, ANY HOPE FOR EDUCATION?
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, early and forced marriage and teenage pregnancy have become very rampant. Here in Busoga, there is a cultural belief that a boy-child is more important than the girl-child. Girls are referred to as “Sukal” meaning that they can be married off in exchange for sugar. Some parents have married off …
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The ADAPT project
”The learners might be lacking the #21stCenturySkills, but how about the teachers themselves? How can these skills be fostered in the learners? How would one assess these skills?” remarked Dr. Anthony Mugagga, the Chairman, Board of Directors, #JMERC, at the #ADAPT/ALiVE #National_Advisory_Group Meeting held at LGIHE, as an introduction to the ADAPT project. https://www.facebook.com/edurecentre/