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3. To equip Inspectors or subject related administrators or supervisors in theministry responsible for education, in the districts and with NGO‟s providingeducation services.4. Subject specialists in the National Curriculum Development Centre andinstitutions with similar functions.5. Subject specialists with the Uganda National Examination Board or otherexamination boards with similar functions.5.0 ApproachAll learners on the programme will be taught some units together in a theoretical approach tolanguage education. Equipped with the theoretical knowledge the learners will then separate intospecific language groups – English, Kiswahili, Luganda, French, German, Arabic - to engage inpractical sessions dedicated to teaching and research in these areas.6.0 ResourcesThere are adequate basic and supplementary resources to support the MED.LLE programme.These are outlined here below.6.1 StaffingCurrently there is 1 Professor and 2 Senior Lecturers and 2 Lecturers with Ph.D. These willteach the programme with the support of senior staff from other faculties in Senate‟srecommended arrangement of joint teaching (List of Staff is attached).6.2 FacilitiesThe educational facilities required on this programme are adequately available in the School ofEducation and other locations in the university. Particularly, print and electronic mediaresources are available in the Language Teaching Resource Centre (LTRC), which also housesthe DLE Book Bank, the School of Education Book Bank and the University Main Library.6.3 SpaceSpace is available for the programme within the LTRC and other lecture rooms as well as courselecturers‟ offices.7.0 FundingThe M.Ed. Language and Literature Education will be self-sustaining. All fees payable by thestudents will be determined by the University Council.6.0 General RegulationsAll the application, admission, examinations and graduation regulations common to the Mastersprogrammes of Makerere University shall apply to the M.Ed. Language and Literature Educationdegree programme.7.0 Admission RequirementsApplicants who qualify for admission will possess an honours degree in education, with aspecialisation in language and literature teaching or, demonstrate an upgrading of theirqualification in additional certification at, say diploma or certificate level.4
8.0 Programme DurationThe M.Ed. Language and Literature Education is a full time undertaking. It will run for twoacademic years in four semesters of 17 weeks each. 15 weeks in each of the first two semesterswill be devoted to class course work and two weeks to semester examinations. The recess termfor proposal writing and defending, The first semesters of Year II (third semester) will bedevoted to research and dissertation writing, while the fourth semester shall be for dissertationdefense, corrections and submission of approved corrected dissertation.8.1 Programme StructureCourses in the program are structured in such a way thata) During the first year, M.Ed. LLE students shall do core Education courses offered by theSchool of Education with two core courses on the LLE Programme. They will also selecttwo elective courses in their areas of specialisation.b) Methodology in the areas of the program shall be done at the department of LanguageEducation while specific selected content courses shall be done in conjunction withothers service units namely Institute of Languages and Department of Literature inFaculty of Arts.c) Seminar Series shall be in Second Semester and shall be considered and assessed ascourse work. The departments shall draw programmes that will constitute semester seriesfor each semester and these shall be assessed during the semester.d) A Research proposal shall be written during the recess term and will carry 20% of themark for the research and dissertation.e) A student will carry out research during the first semester of the second year ofregistration (third semester) and defend his/her dissertation in a viva voce before aselected panel of examiners before the end of the fourth semester or end of second year ofregistration. The length of the dissertation shall be between 10,000 – 12,000 words (Seegraduate studies regulations regarding dissertation).8.2 Grading(a) Each course shall be graded on a maximum of 100 marks. Assessment results will berecorded as marks matched by letter grades and grade points. The grading will be done asfollows.The distribution of marks between course work and written examinations will be in accordancewith guidelines set by the University. It shall be as follows:All scores are converted to letter grades using the following system:Marks% Letter Grade Grade Point Interprétation90-100 A+ 5 Exceptional80-89 A 5 Excellent75-79 B+ 4.5 Very good70-74 B 4 Good65-69 C+ 3.5 Fairly good60-64 C 3 Pass5
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