The Academic Registrar, Makerere University is calling for applications for Bachelor of Education (External) for the Academic Year  2013/14.

The three year undegraduate programme has been on offer at Makerere University since 1992. The perennial justification for offering the Bachelor of Education (External) programme at Makerere University has been and continues to be the need to offer Grade V teachers working in primary and secondary schools all over Uganda and beyond, the opportunity to update and upgrade their knowledge and skills in the teaching profession without taking them away from their jobs and families for long periods of time.

This program basically handles the following teaching subjects as approved by the Ministry of Education and Sports (Agriculture, Music, Business Educ, Mathematics,Religious Education,Luganda,Kiswahili,Literature,Language Education, Political Education,History,Geography,Social Studies,Art and Design,Integrated Primary Science,English Language Studies) in addition to general foundation courses that are done by all students such as Communication
skills, General foundations of Education, Development studies, Computer Literacy, Educational Psychology etc).

The programme is premised in the Department of Open and Distance Learning  in the College of Education and External Studies. 

Face to face sessions with tutors only appears during holiday times and the rest of the time, the students are expected to read the self guiding and well written study materials.

Application deadline is Thursday 28th February 2013.

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