Education Sector Strategic Plan 2004-2015 - Planipolis

Work Plan 200415-200617: NCDC
Intervention Activities Manager Completion date
3.2 Strengthened capacity of the Ministry......... its agencies and institutions............ to provide leadership and management.
3.2.1 Provide administrative staff with needed resources and tools.
3.2.1.1 Conduct a
management audit and adjust
organisational structures and
resource allocations to reflect
priorities and system
requirements of the ESSP.
3.2.2 Accommodate cross-cutting initiatives as they occur.
3.2.2.lEstablish guidelines for
adopting cross-cutting
initiatives (such as HIV/AIDS,
Agricultural education, ICT,
sports, environment) and
procedures for incorporating
them into the system and the
curricula.
3.3 Quality assurance and accountability throughout the sector.
Complete the construction of building for office space at NCDC to provide room for curriculum
development teams and the developers of curriculum support materials.Recruiting and train
curriculum development personnel and their supervisors. Review and update the performance of
NCDC on the support of the curriculum implementation/ delivery and procure consultancies on
teacher-orientation actions. Organise and conduct orientation for teachers on how to interpret
curricula effectively with regards to ICT and the other cross-cutting concerns.
Carry out appraisals of shifts in national policies to determine critical curriculum related crosscutting
issues additional to health, technology and environment concerns. Review and update the
agenda of the NCDC on the National Environmental Education (EE) Strategy for Formal Education
in Uganda.Carry out appraisal of all syllabuses designed at NCDC for sensitivity and
responsiveness to Gender, Environmental Education, HIV/AIDS and Special Needs Education
(SNE) and the use of ICT for improved delivery. Carry out training of all NCDC subject specialists
and members of curriculum development panels to equip them with skills for integrating ICT and
other initiatives into syllabuses. Design and conduct ToT and training of "authors" of learning
materials/soft-ware on the cross-cutting issues. Design and implement innovations on effective
curriculum delivery facilitated by learner exposure to projects based on the cross-cutting issues.
Design, develop and produce ICT-enhanced materials for all classes and competences. Specify,
select and procure computers and their accessories to strengthen the NCDC Computer Resource C
3.3.1 Institute a coherent and feasible system of standards and performance monitoring.
3.3.1.2 Observe teachers and
help them improve
instructional methods and
management.
Design and carry out periodic evaluations of the performance of instruction in schools and BTVET
centres in the delivery of the implementation of the curriculum. Investigate the need for
modifications and revisions of the curriculum in action. Prepare curriculum review proposals,
organise and conduct consultations with stakeholders on needed curricular revisions (see also as
under interventions 1.2.1.1, 1.2.2.3, 2.1.1.1, 2.1.1.8 and 3.1.3.5)
3.4 Partnerships between the Ministry and other agencies in service delivery and capacity building.
3.4.2 Develop and maintain partnerships with other agencies in service delivery and capacity building.
3.4.2.4 Collaborate with other
Ministries in the provision of
cross-cutting programs.
Prepare curriculum development strategies and workplans on cross-cutting programs on Gender,
Environment, HIV/AIDS, SNE and other issues as they emerge for consultations with stakeholders,
development partners, the public and specific communities.
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