Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Examinations boards under the Department of Business Technical Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) have courted Parliament’s Education and Sports Committee for more funding in the 2023/2024 Financial Year. The Committee chaired by John Twesigye Ntamuhira received the proposed budget estimates for the boards on …
Read More »Lack of legal framework hindering UBTEB work
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of a law is affecting the role of the Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) in assessing all certificate and diploma training institutions in the country. UBTEB was formed under the Business, Technical, Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) Act and is supposed to …
Read More »Gov’t to enhance digital, distance learning amidst COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said government is discussing the possibility of having distance learning as the world battle the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Museveni was today speaking at the reading of the 45 trillion shillings national budget. The President said he is glad that the …
Read More »Meteorology school dropped from list of quarantine centers for security reasons-RDC
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Meteorology Training School will not be used as a quarantine center due to security reasons, the Wakiso Deputy Resident District Commissioner in charge of Entebbe, Hajji Njuki Mbabali has revealed. The school is one of the Business, Technical, Vocational and Educational Training (BTVET) …
Read More »Females shun science based courses at vocational institutions
Nabuyondo is one of three females that sat for examinations in Science related programs during the November/December Business, Technical and Vocational Education Training-BTVET 2019 examinations. Results of the examinations that were released last week show that out of 5,251 students who sat for the examinations, 991 were females. Out of …
Read More »Education Ministry reviews vocational professionals’ framework to improve competency
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education and Sports Ministry is considering vigorous reforms into the vocational professional’s framework to improve the competences of trainees. Dr. Safina Kisu Museene, the Commissioner Business, Technical and Vocational Education and Training-BTVET in the Education Ministry, says the proposed adjustments are intended to produce …
Read More »UBTEB trains BTVET assessors, lecturers for new curriculum
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) has commenced a two-week training for assessors, lecturers, and tutors for 18 training programs under the new curriculum. The training according to Onesmus Oyesigye, the UBTEB executive secretary is aimed at equipping skills and competences to …
Read More »Parliament rejects UGX 169B technical education loan
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have rejected a loan request of 169 Billion Shillings (USD 45 million) meant to support technical education, through the Business Technical and Vocational Education and Training (BTVET). The MPs say the funds which were to be borrowed from the Islamic Development Bank …
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