Uwezo Uganda in partnership with the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring team released a spotlight report on Uganda’s basic education completion and foundational learning. The full report can be accessed here here
Uwezo Uganda is participating in the 3rd KIX Continental Symposium on Research in Education in Africa taking place at the African Union in Addis. Our Executive Director, Dr Mary Goretti Nakabugo presented a paper sharing insights emerging from this collaborative regarding innovating contextualised tools for assessing life skill and values in East Africa. The presentation can be accessed here
Uwezo Uganda is participating in the BIACE (British Association for International Comparative Education) conference 2024 taking place at University of Sussex.
Our ED, Mary Goretti Nakabugo will present evidence from our research and assessment into schooling and learning in refugee contexts in Uganda and learning from counterparts who have undertaken research in similar contexts elsewhere.
We are delighted to be participating in this year’s Comparative International Education Society (CIES) annual conference taking place from March 10-14, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency, Miami, Florida. In case you will be attending the conference, please join us for any of these sessions where our staff and partners will be presenting.
If you agree or believe, like we do, that ‘early childhood education
(ECE) is a key investment for improving learning and future outcomes’
check out our newly published co-authored article on Understanding
Access to and Learning Outcomes From ECE Among Refugees and Non-Refugee
Populations in Uganda’ here
Uwezo Uganda is participating in the ongoing 20th biennial International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT) Conference 2023, in Bari, Italy. Our Executive Director, Dr. Mary Goretti Nakabugo delivered a presentation on; Using facilitated advocacy to engage teachers in dialogue with other community actors for improved learning outcomes and it can be accessed here
We are looking for Graduate Interns to learn and contribute to any of
the following areas: Assessment & Action, Research &
Experimentation, Communication & Advocacy, Finance & Admin, and
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning. Visit: https://uwezouganda.org/careers/internships/ or see details per the poster on twitter
After several months of tool development, pre-testing, piloting and rolling them out nationally, on Tuesday, 13th December 2022, we finally launched the Uganda National Assessment of Life Skills and Values in East Africa (ALiVE) report, themed; Do Our Children Have Life Skills and Values? Assessment of Life Skills and Values in East Africa (ALiVE) in
partnership with Luigi Giussani Institute of Higher Education (LGIHE)
and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) united under the Regional
Education Learning Initiative (RELI). The
assessment which focused on problem-solving, self-awareness and
collaboration skills and the value of respect, reached 11,074
adolescents aged 13-17 years, from 7,815 households across 400
enumeration areas in 20 districts in Uganda. The full report can be
accessed here.