Yearly Archives: 2021

A Competency-based Curriculum in the Context of Africa – A handbook for teachers

“The school curriculum must prepare young people for an ever-changing future.  To do this, we need young people to develop the key competencies that will enable them to cope with life in the 21st Century.”  Nelson Mandela. Sometimes it seems to us as teachers that the barriers can be great, and it can seem difficult, if…

Assessment and Syllabus Review in Uganda

In 2018 we began the process of evaluating approaches to assessment and reviewing the Lower Secondary Curriculum with the National Curriculum Development Centre in Uganda (NCDC). The revised Syllabi and Assessment Guidelines were agreed and adopted by the Minister of Education in January 2019 and we continue to support NCDC as they approach the review of further…