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The government of Uganda recognizes education as a basic human right and continues to strive to provide free primary education to all children in the country. However, issues with funding, teacher training, rural populations, and inadequate facilities continue to hinder the progress of educational development in Uganda. [2] Girls in Uganda are ...
M-learning (or m-education), or the use of mobile technology in the service of education, is a recent practice, opening up fresh possibilities in the educational field. Given the shortage of books in many African schools, the digital tablet was soon seen as a solution to make up for the missing textbooks, and taken up both by governments and ...
Uganda is one of a number of East and Central African countries that have entered into bilateral cooperation agreements with South Africa in science and technology. Since 2009, Uganda has been developing cooperation with South Africa in the fields of biosciences, space science and technology, mathematics, energy, environment, climate change and ...
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MSTI), is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda.It is responsible for the planning, coordinating and implement government efforts to encourage scientific and technological innovation in educational institutions, industry, agriculture, commerce and daily life, on the country's path to middle-income status.
The ICT ministry was created in 2006. [5] The ministry is mandated to provide leadership, coordination, support and advocacy in the formulation of policy, laws, regulations and strategy for the ICT sector in Uganda, to foster the achievement of national development goals. [6]
The university is located in the town of Kabwohe, in Sheema District, Western Uganda. This location is approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [4] The approximate coordinates of the university are:0°34'28.0"S, 30°22'44.0"E (Latitude:-0.574444; Longitude:30.378889). [5]
African College of Commerce and Technology was established and commissioned as a business education institution under the name African College of Commerce on 14 April 1986. [3] It was registered and recognized by the Ministry of Education in Uganda in June 1986. [4] The college had its first graduation ceremony in 1990. [5]
Kyambogo University was established in 2003 by the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act 2001 by merging Uganda Polytechnic Kyambogo (UPK), the Institute of Teacher Education, Kyambogo (ITEK), and the Uganda Nationalstitute of Special Education (UNISE).