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All set for the 4th annual NCHE Exhibition
In Uganda, it is clear that the government, through its Education Sector Strategic Plan 2005-2015, wants Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to play a major role in generating and disseminating relevant knowledge required for national development.
In Uganda, it is clear that the government, through its Education Sector Strategic Plan 2005-2015, wants Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to play a major role in generating and disseminating relevant knowledge required for national development.
This assignment has been positively received by HEIs in the country as demonstrated in the various mandates and missions of the Institutions. Most HEIs understand the fact that unless there is active collaboration and partnership between HEIs and communities living in poverty, the results will be modest at best and many have taken on outreach services as one of the major ways of educating and training their students.
This year, the National Council for Higher Education will run its 4th Exhibition but with Tertiary Institutions included unlike in the past. Universities and Tertiary Institutions, will exhibit their educational products and also to take part in the Seminar to be attended by members of the public. This Seminar provides institutions with an excellent opportunity to speak to the public on a subject of their choice related to the theme of the Exhibition.
This years theme is "Higher Education and Outreach Services for Communities"
On her part, Makerere University will exhibit projects such as; The Cellphone based Remote Vehicle Control System and Open Mobile Electronic Vaccine Trials (OMEVAC) from FCIT ; E-learning & Teacher Education (ELATE) Job-mark initiative and the Capacity Building Program for Teachers in Post Conflict Areas (C-TCA) from the School of Education; The Law, Gender & Sexuality Project from the Faculty of Law; Biogas brooder and household energy from the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture; Statistical Mapping by the Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (ISAE); and SMS application to the functions of the Academic Registrar's Department.
So take some time off and visit Makerere's over fifteen stalls at the exhibition and you will surely be awed by the wealth of information and innovations we have to offer.
National Council for Higher Education Higher Institutions Annual Exhibition
Venue and Date: Lugogo UMA Main Exhibition Hall Fri. 16th – Sun. 18th April 2010.
By Agnes Namaganda
On July 22nd 2022, Makerere University–Child Health and Development Centre (Mak–CHDC) launched a draft manual for the National Parenting Standards. The Centre has been working together with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) with funding from UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund), to develop standards that are agreeable to all organisations in the country that are involved in parenting work. The draft manual was being presented to members of a consortium that brings together all these organisations together, called the Parenting Agenda Consortium.
“We produce many documents and they are shelved,” Irene Ayot Chono, who was speaking on behalf of UNICEF said. “We hope that this document will not be one of them,” she emphasized.
Dr. Godfrey Siu, the Principal Investigator from Mak-CHDC who presented the draft manual to participants, emphasized that if any organization is doing parenting work, there should be a minimum package that they should offer.
Draft Manual Content
The manual which will have several modules. These modules will be delivered face-to-face in 1.5 hour sessions. Some of these include; Module 6 which will focus on “understanding responsible masculinity and fatherhood” and on “understanding the concept of head of family.”The draft manual also proposed that Module 11 focuses on Parenting in the 21st Century. Some of the sessions in this module will include Children and Technology, Contemporary Influence on Children and Modernity, Culture and Morality.Module 9 will focus on Parenting for Adolescents and some of the suggested sessions within this module are Needs for Adolescents and The Art of Communicating with Adolescents. Module 5 will focus on Preventing Violent Parenting and Promoting Alternative Discipline Strategies while Module 10 will be about Parenting to Address the Mental Health for Children and Adults.
Participants’ suggestions
After the presentation, participants raised several suggestions for discussion and consideration. These included whether there should be a module on spirituality since Uganda is a strongly religious nation. There was also the concern of how children in remand homes should be parented. Another concern raised by a participant was as to whether teachers who make an undeniable contribution to parenting, should be taken through the parenting manual.
In her closing remarks, Ms. Juliana Naumo Akoryo, the Director of Cultural Affairs at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) said that the manual is for the parenting organisations to utilize and not for MGLSD.
Ms. Chono also adjured the team behind the manual to use picture illustrations in the manual that can be relatable by the Ugandan parents.
Contact: Agnes Namaganda – agnesvioletnamaganda@gmail.com
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