'New lower secondary curriculum will address unemployment'

Curriculum specialist with the NCDC Wilson Ssaabavuma says, unlike the old curriculum where the emphasis was mainly put on making the students pass with distinctions, the new curriculum stresses the skilling of the learners.

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Some of the students who got a certificate in motor vehicle mechanics, left, Pita Buitendijk, the director. (Photos by Henry Nsubuga)

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If implemented well by schools, the new lower secondary education curriculum which is competence-based will be able to address the unemployment challenge.

Curriculum specialist

'New lower secondary curriculum will address unemployment'

Curriculum specialist with the NCDC Wilson Ssaabavuma says, unlike the old curriculum where the emphasis was mainly put on making the students pass with distinctions, the new curriculum stresses the skilling of the learners.

Some of the students who got a certificate in motor vehicle mechanics, left, Pita Buitendijk, the director. (Photos by Henry Nsubuga)

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