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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 ...
The National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy dates from 2009. Its overarching goal is to 'strengthen national capability to generate, transfer and apply scientific knowledge, skills and technologies that ensure sustainable utilisation of natural resources for the realisation of Uganda's development objectives.'
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.
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 ...
The trade school that became Makerere University began operating in 1921 with the first classes in carpentry, building construction and mechanics. [12] In 1922, it was founded as the "Uganda Technical College" with additional courses in the arts, education, agriculture and medicine.
In 2013 ISBAT began awarding its own degrees and changed its classification to "Other Degree Awarding Institution" (ODAI). In 2015, the university moved to its present campus off of Lugogo Bypass Road. In 2016, ISBAT was elevated to a full university, having met the requirements of the Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE). [4]
(c) Upon the request of the Kingdom of Bunyoro, the university established a campus in the city of Hoima, offering agriculture, environment, computer science, information technology, business studies, accounting and education. [6]
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]