Uganda and Education
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- The BLDS education collection
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Search for the latest education-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Supporting educators affected by HIV and AIDS
- Education Sector, UNESCO, 2008
- East and southern Africa are the two regions in the world which are the most highly affected by HIV and AIDS. A significant number of people with HIV are educators, ranging from primary school teachers to head teachers and university ...
- Support for teachers to achieve education for all
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- This issue of id21 insights education looks at a range of issues affecting teachers and the kinds of support they need at local, national and international policy levels to help them fulfil their critical role in achieving education f...
- Higher education drives development in Uganda
- M. Obwona; S. Ssewanyana / Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2007
- Recent evidence suggests higher education is both a result and determinant of income. This report examines the impact of higher education in Uganda’s development process and identifies ways to enhance its impact. Emp...
- Exploring policy to link rural education and development in Africa
- A. Shibeshi / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006
- This document reports on the presentations and recommendations of a regional seminar to consider education for rural people in Africa. In recognition of the cross-cutting impacts of education, health, and economic and social developme...
- Improving distance education for student teachers: a guide for policymakers
- E. Mattson / Department for International Development, UK, 2006
- Field-based training is seen as a low-cost means to achieve meet the increased demand for primary teachers in Africa but, this paper warns, will prove ineffective without the serious investment and planning for local-level support and...
- Lessons learned from implementing the INEE minimum standards for education in emergencies in Dafur, Uganda and Pakistan
- A. Anderson; G. Martone; J. Perlman Robinson; E. Rognerud; J. Sullivan-Owomoyela / Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2006
- This paper identifies lessons from the early experiences of using the INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction Minimum Standards. It first presents the case for education as a...
- The benefits of teaching teachers by distance education in Guyana, Uganda and Nigeria
- F. Binns; T. Wrightson / Department for International Development, UK, 2006
- Does training teachers by distance education (DE) assist development in the wider community? Experiences of using DE to train teacher in Guyana, Uganda and Nigeria inform this report, which aims to: improve understandin...
- A new model of reform?: successes and lessons from Uganda’s education reform under a budget support modality
- M. Ward; A. Penny; T. Read / Department for International Development, UK, 2006
- When Ugandan government embarked on its ambitious programme of educational reform in 1997, it was also building a new framework for managing relationships with donors, technical assistance agencies, and stakeholders within the country...
- Getting teachers into the classroom, sub-Saharan Africa
- A. Mulkeen; D. Chapman; E. Leu; K. Bryner / Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2005
- Across much of Sub-Saharan Africa, secondary education has been the weak link in students’ progression from primary education to either higher education or employment. To achieve higher standards of secondary education, new and m...
- Teacher and health worker absenteeism
- N. Chaudhury / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2005
- This paper presents the results of teacher and health worker absenteeism in primary schools and health clinics in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Peru, and Uganda. Main findings from the study include: ave...
- Makerere Institute of Social Research, Uganda (MISR)
- MISR is an autonomous institute of Makerere University. It conducts and coordinates basic and applied research on social development. The Institute also provides consultancy services to private, public and NGO sectors; undertakes networking with related institutions globally; develops and maintains a regional data bank and disseminates information. Key research areas include: governance a...
- Uganda Martyrs University (UMU)
- Teaching and research university with specialisms including development studies and business administration
