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ANNUALREPORTFOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

PRESENTED TOTHE MINISTER

FOR EDUCATION ANDSPORTS2018/2019

ANNUAL REPORT2018/2019

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Our VisionA holistic curriculum for producing responsible

citizens equipped with productive skills.

Our MissionTo develop curricula and instructional

materials for equitable and quality education through research, innovation and stakeholder

involvement.

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Challenges Faced In FY 2018/19 and Suggested MitigationMeasures

Foreword

Executive Summary

Introduction

Budget Performance for the FY 2018/19

Achievements by Depart-ments/ Units Outside the Ministerial Policy Statement

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List of TablesTable 1 Challenges and Mitigation Measures 9Table 2 Summary of Revenue Performance for FY

2018/1911

Table 3 Summary of Budget, Warrants and Actual Pay-ments for 2018/19FY

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Table 4 Other Achievements outside the Ministerial Policy Statement for FY2018/19

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List of FiguresFigure 1 NCDC Revenue Performance by Budget line

for FY 2018/193

Figure 2 Percentage Funds Absorption by Departments (Outputs) for 2018/19FY

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Figure 3 NCDC Revenue Performance by Budget line for FY 2018/19

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Figure 4 Percentage Funds Absorption by Departments for 2018/19FY

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Figure 5 Net Profit and Total Operating Expenses for Period July 2018 – June 2019

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AiAA’ levelASB

Appropriation in AidAdvanced LevelAcademic Steering Committee

ASSHU Association of Secondary School Head teachers of UgandaBTVET Business, Technical and Vocational Education TrainingCAPE Creative Arts and Physical EducationCBA Competence Based AssessmentCDRM Conflict, Disaster and Risk ManagementCPTC Core Primary Teachers CollegeECD Early Child hood DevelopmentEGR Early Grade ReadingFMIS Financial Management Information SystemFMIS Financial Management Information SystemFY Financial YearGCED Global Citizenship EducationICT Information Communication TechnologyIDB Islamic Development BankILO International Labour organisationLSC Lower Secondary CurriculumMDAs

MoES

Ministries Departments and Agencies

Ministry of Education and SportsMoFPED

MPS

Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Ministerial Policy StatementMTN Mobile Telephone NetworkNCDC National Curriculum Development Centre

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NDP

NRM

NSSF

National Development Plan

National Resistance Movement

National Social Security FundPAYE Pay as you earnPE Physical EducationSACCO Savings and Credit Cooperative OrganisationSES-EMAT Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers

SNE Special Needs EducationSST Social StudiesToT Training of TrainersUBTEB Uganda Business and Technical Examinations BoardUGX Uganda ShillingsUNEB Uganda National Examination Board

UNESCO United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisa-tion

UNFPA United Nations Population FundUNHCR United Nations High Commission for RefugeesUTC Uganda Technical College


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National Curriculum Development Centre (the Centre) registered remarkable achievements in the financial year 2018/19, largely on account of a stable macro-economic environment and sound regulatory framework under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) administration.

The Centre finalised the review and approval process of the reviewed Lower Secondary Curriculum. This curriculum, among other things, introduces formative assessment which will contribute 20 per cent to the learner’s final results at Senior Four. Additionally, the curriculum shall expose learners to knowledge and pre-vocational skills-based training to prepare them for the world of work. This is strategic for addressing the challenges of unemployment the country is facing currently.

Preparations for the roll–out are faced with a challenge of inadequate funding. The Government of Uganda provided UGX 3bn out of 143bn required by all Ministries, Departments

and Agencies (MDAs) involved in the roll-out activities. NCDC appeals to government to prioritise funding the reform which is expected to contribute to the reduction in youth un-employment.

A review of the current Strategic Plan was conducted to assess its performance. The review analysis shows that overall performance of 2015/16 -2019/20 Strategic Plan implementation was at 60 per cent. Remarkable performance of 81per cent was registered on strengthening teaching and learning through in-service teacher support programmes towards acquisition of new knowledge and interpretationof the Curriculum. Teacher support targeted the least performing districts and teachers of learners with special education needs.

The Centre’s current Strategic Plan (2015/16 -2019/20) expires in June 2020. As such, the Centre is in advanced stages of developing a new Strategic Plan 2020/21-2024/25 under the guidance of National Planning Authority, and in collaboration with

ForewordChairperson, Governing Council


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the Education and Sports Sector.

The review and progress reports also indicated that the Plan was inadequately funded. Government of Uganda (GoU) and development partners contributed 54.3 per cent and 17.2 per cent respectively. This implies that there was a funding gap of 28.5 per cent. Diversification of funding sources will be one of the focus areas in the next strategic plan. The next strategic plan shall prioritise quality and efficiency measures to the delivery of an inclusive curriculum.

On behalf of the NCDC Governing

Council, I extend sincere appreciation to the First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports – Hon. Janet K. Museveni, the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, MDAs in the Education and Sports Sector, and Development Partners for the support extended to NCDC in FY 2018/19.

Assoc. Prof. Betty Ezati


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Executive SummaryDirector, NCDC

INTRODUCTION

NCDC is responsible for the development of curricula and related materials for various levels of education (pre-primary, primary, secondary, and tertiary) and organising capacity building courses for stakeholders on curricula and matters related to curriculum. In order to operationalise her mandate, NCDC developed a 5-year Strategic Plan (2015/16 – 2019/20) guided by Uganda’s National Development Plan II and the Education Sector Strategic Plan.

This report presents the activities that were undertaken and the achievements registered by NCDC in the FY2018/19. For the second consecutive year,

NCDC was declared best performing agency in the Education and Sports Sector by the Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit (BMAU) of MoFPED in 2018/19. The Performance ranking is based on successful implementation of the annual work plans as captured in the Ministerial Policy Statement.

REVENUE PERFORMANCE 2018/19 FY

The Centre received UGX 7,000,653,468 in the FY 2018/19 representing 94.2 per cent of the approved budget of UGX 7,434,201,400. Wage component performed at 100 per cent, non-wage recurrent performed at 89.5 per cent, Non Tax Revenue (NTR) recurrent at 94.0 per cent and NTR Development performed at 70.3 per cent.

Figure1: NCDC Revenue Performance by Budget line for FY 2018/19


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Figure 2 above summarises expenditures by outputs for FY 2018/2019. NCDC absorbed 97.6 per cent of the funds received from the Government of Uganda. The highest absorption rates were registered in Production of Instructional Materials

at 100 per cent, Administration (NTR Recurrent and Infrastructure Development) at 99 per cent while Research and Evaluation output registered the least absorption at 91.2 per cent.

Figure 2: Percentage Funds Absorption by Departments (Outputs) for 2018/19FY


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KEY OUTPUTS FOR THE FY 2018/19

Pre-primary and Primary Department

• Finalised the Early Childhood Development Parent Education Framework for Uganda to address specific needs of busy parents, elderly guardians and maids/nannies.

• Developed Assessment Guidelines for the CAPES, Kiswahili and Local Languages on the primary curriculum.

• Edited, proof read, designed, laid-out, printed and distributed the Nile English Course Book 6 and the Learner’s Aid to Comprehensive English (LACE) Book 6.

• Printed and distributed 8,110 copies each of the Nile English Course and Learner’s Aid to Comprehensive English Book 5; the least performing schools and hard to reach districts were given priority.

• Conducted a needs assessment with key informants in Moroto, Nakapiripirit and Kalangala to establish the needs of the minority communities in those regions.

• Developed alternative syllabi and teacher’s guides for Special Interest Groups (SIG), specifically learners from nomadic and fishing communities as well as refugees.

Secondary Department

• Developed and fine-tuned Senior One Prototype textbooks and the respective teacher’s guide for 21 subjects.

• Reviewed the syllabus and implementation guidelines for Advanced Level Subsidiary Mathematics.

• Developed General Paper syllabus for the Advanced level.

• Reviewed the Fine Art Syllabus for the lower secondary.

• Worked with a consultant to quality-assure the reviewed Lower Secondary Curriculum to international standards.

• A set of local language books were selected and submitted to UNEB.

• Alpha tested the exemplar extracts of the textbook prototypes for Senior One.

• Developed a recipe book for Nutrition and Food Technology.

BTVET

• Conducted orientation of 80 instructors for 4 diploma programmes of: Secretarial and Office Administration, Records and Information Management, Hotel and Institutional Catering, and Cosmetology and Body Therapy.

• Developed syllabus and teacher’s guide for National


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Diploma in Records and Information Management, Secretarial and Office Administration, and Leather Tannery and Production.

• Developed Assessment guidelines for the National Diploma in Secretarial and Office Administration.

• Printed 464 syllabi and teacher’s guides for four certificate programmes of Secretarial and Office Management, Records and Information Management, Hotel and Institutional Catering, and Cosmetology & Body Therapy.

Special Needs Education

• Developed teacher’s resource books to support teachers of the gifted and talented learners, learners with autism and learners with specific learning difficulties in secondary schools.

Research and Evaluation

• Findings on the study of an evaluation of Subsidiary Mathematics and Sub ICT curricula were disseminated in stakeholder workshops organised in Mbarara and Kampala districts.

• Server and network printer were purchased for library automation.


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CHALLENGES AND MITIGATION MEASURES

Highlighted are the challenges and their mitigation measures:

1. Delayed approval of NCDC Amendment Bill resulting in inadequate quo-rum of Council and misalignment of the Centre’s budgeting cycle

Measure: The Bill was approved by cabinet and it has been gazetted awaiting presentation and discussion for approval by Parliament.

2. Establishment of the TVET Councils duplicates the BTVET curriculum de-velopment role of NCDC.

Measure: NCDC has raised the concern to Top management of Ministry of Educa-tion and Sports.

3. Delayed implementation of the approved Teacher Education Policy which has in turn delayed the transfer of curriculum development for Teacher Education and validation of textbooks to the Centre

Measure: A committee to develop the operations framework has been appointed, and NCDC is a member.

4. The continued budget cuts and non-release of all approved budget funds affect implementation of critical activities especially Quarter 4 activities.

Measure: NCDC is focussing on improving its consultancy function to mobilise off-budget funding.

5. The Centre is understaffed and currently operating at 43% per cent es-tablished staff structure. This has resulted in employee burnout and low morale leading to high employee turnover.

Measure: Management is planning to lobby Ministry of Finance, Planning and Eco-nomic Development for an enhancement in the wage bill.

In conclusion, I take this opportunity to thank: the Hon. Minister for Education and Sports, the NCDC Governing Council for the strategic guidance accorded to the Centre, development partners, MDAs in the Education and Sports Sector and all staff of NCDC for their tireless efforts that have made us a better institution.

Grace K. Baguma.Director


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1.1 Vote MandateThe National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) was set up under a de-cree of 1973 and revised in 2000 under the NCDC Act Cap 135 of the Laws of Uganda. The mandate of NCDC is to develop curricula and related instruc-tional materials for Pre-Primary & Pri-mary, Secondary, and Tertiary levels of education; organising capacity build-ing courses for stakeholders on cur-ricula and matters related to curricu-lum and providing curriculum related information to stakeholders through research.

1.2 Vote Mandate in the National Development FrameworkIn order to deliver on its core man-date, NCDC is guided by its Strategic Plan which is aligned to the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP). The cur-rent strategic plan runs from 2015/16 – 2019/20. The NCDC Strategic Plan is derived from the Education Sector ob-jective 2: ensuring delivery of relevant and quality education; and objective

3: which aims at enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery at all levels. NCDC contributes to NDP II goals of: enhancing human capital de-velopment (objective 3); strengthen-ing mechanisms for quality, effective and efficient service delivery and skills development (objective 4) and im-proving quality and relevance of skills development (objective 2).

1.3 Outputs for FY 2018/19 Based on the Strategic Plan 2015/16 – 2019/20The NCDC Strategic Plan 2015/16 – 2019/20 is operationalised through six strategic objectives as outlined in the table below:

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(i) Development and review of curricula and instructional materials focusing on inclusiveness, competences and life skills with emphasis on science.

• Developed alternative syllabi and teacher’s guides for Special Interest Groups (SIG), that is, learners from nomadic and fishing communities as well as refugees.


• Developed Assessment Handbook for the CAPEs, Kiswahili and Local Languages on the Primary Curriculum.

• Reviewed the Nile English Course Learner’s Book 6 and its teacher’s guide and the Learner’s Aid to Comprehensive English Book 6and its teachers’ guide.

• Printed and distributed 8,110 copies each of the Nile English Course and Learner’s Aid to Comprehensive English Book 5. The least performing schools and hard to reach districts were given priority.

• Reviewed the syllabus and developed guidelines for Advanced Level Subsidiary Mathematics

• Developed the General Paper syllabus for Advanced Level. • Reviewed the Fine Art Syllabus for Lower Secondary.• Developed teacher’s resource books to support teachers of the gifted and talent-

ed learners, learners with autism and learners with specific learning difficulties at secondary school level.

• Worked with a Consultant to quality-assure the reviewed Lower Secondary Curric-ulum to international standards.

• Developed and fine-tuned Senior One Prototype textbooks and the respective teacher’s guides for the 21 subjects.

• Developed syllabi and teacher’s guides for National Diploma in Records and Infor-mation Management, Secretarial and Office Administration, and Leather Tannery and Production.

• Printed 58 copies each of syllabi and teacher’s guides for 4 BTVET Certificate cours-es of; Secretarial and Office Management, Records and Information Management, Hotel and Institutional Catering and Cosmetology and Body Therapy.

• Selected local language set books and submitted them to UNEB for preparation of summative examinations.

• Alpha-tested the Senior One exemplar extracts of the textbook prototypes in Kyam-bogo College School and Nabisunsa Girls School in Kampala district, and Pal & Lisa SS in Pallisa district.

• Developed a recipe book for Nutrition and Food Technology.

(ii) Strengthening teaching and learning through in-service teacher support programmes towards acquisition of new knowledge and skills.

• 80 teachers for 4 diploma courses oriented to interpret and implement the BTVET curriculum of; Secretarial and Office Management, Records and Information Man-agement, Hotel and Institutional Catering and Cosmetology and Body Therapy.

• Supported primary teachers in Kalangala district in interpreting and understand-ing the Curriculum.

(iii) Integrate ICT in all curriculum processes and productsCompleted digitisation of Senior One Mathematics.

Table 1: Outputs for FY 2018/19 Based on the Strategic Plan 2015/16 – 2019/20


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(iv) Improve guidance on assessment at Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary and BTVET levels

• Developed Assessment Handbook for the CAPEs, Kiswahili and Local Languages on the Primary curriculum.

• Developed an Assessment framework for the reviewed Lower Secondary Curricu-lum.

(v) Provide relevant and up-to-date information for curriculum development• Findings on the study of an evaluation of Subsidiary Mathematics and Sub- ICT

Curricula were disseminated in stakeholder workshops organised in Mbarara and Kampala districts.

• Server and network printer purchased for library automation.(vi) Enhance the institutional capacity of NCDC for effective and efficient de-

livery of its mandate• Purchased 21 desktop computers, 5 laptops, 2 printers, 20 Office desks and 25 high

back chairs.• Salaries for all staff paid and statutory deductions remitted to Government depart-

ments.• Reviewed the NCDC Financial Regulations, Human Resource Manual and staff or-

ganisational structure.• Organised 7 Council and 12 Committee meetings as required by NCDC Act.• Facilitated capacity building for 7 members of staff; One officer graduated with

Masters Degree in Project Planning and Management, 4 with Post Graduate Diplo-ma in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and 2 with Post Graduate Diploma in Cur-riculum Design and Development.

• Recruited staff to fill the following vacant positions; Finance Secretary, Assistant Internal Auditor, Head of Department – BTVET and Marketing officer.

Find attached a CD of the documents in the table above.


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BUDGET PERFORMANCE FOR THE FY 2018/19

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2.1 Revenue Performance

DESCRIPTION APPROVED BUDGET 2018/2019

EXPECTED RELEASE FY 2018/2019

ACTUAL RELEASE Q3 2018/2019

VARIANCE % AGE

b c d e=(c-d) f=(d/c)*100

GoU Wage 3,605,163,600

3,605,163,600 3,605,163,600 0 100.0

GoU Non-Wage Recurrent 3,524,037,800 3,524,037,800

3,152,693,982 371,343,818 89.5

NTR (Recurrent) 120,000,000 120,000,000 112,795,850 7,204,150 94.0

NTR (Develop-ment 185,000,000 185,000,000 130,000,000 55,000,000 70.3

Total 7,434,201,400 7,434,201,400 7,000,653,468 433,547,932 94.2

Table 2: Summary of Revenue Performance for FY 2018/19

Table 2 above shows the revenues received by NCDC for FY 2018/19. The Centre expected UGX 3,605,163,600 for wages, UGX 3,524,037,800 for non-wage recur-rent and UGX 305,000,000 from NTR totalling to UGX 7,434,201,400. However, the Centre received only 94.2 per cent of the approved budget as indicated in column (d) of the table above.


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Figure 3: NCDC Revenue Performance by Budget line for FY2018/19

The Centre received 100 per cent of approved wage budget, 89.5 per cent of non-wage recurrent, 94.0 per cent of NTR recurrent and 70.3 per cent of NTR development. The low performance of NTR is on account of low revenue collection from the sale of cur-riculum and instructional materials arising from rampant stock outs of the materials. Stock outs were a result of delayed receipts of AIA from Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.

2.2 ExpenditureActual expenditures of the Centre amounted to UGX 6,832,754,811 out of the UGX 7,000,653,468 during the Financial Year 2018/2019. The Centre fell short of spending UGX 75m due to procurement processes that took longer than anticipated.

Table 3: Summary of Budget, Warrants and Actual Payments for 2018/19FY

MTEF DESCRIPTION APPROVED BUDGET

ACTUAL RECIEPTS FY 2018/2019

ACTUAL PAYMENTS FY 2018/2019

VARIANCE % AGE ABSORBED

CODE a b c d=(b-c) e=(c/b)%

71201 Pre- Primary and Primary Curriculum 673,900,000 594,456,737 577,756,516 16,700,221 98.20%

71202 Secondary Curric-ulum 1,124,157,700 1,014,582,458 983,634,598 30,947,860 93.50%

71203 Production of Instructional Ma-terials

44,000,000 43,908,000 43,900,000 8,000 100.00%

71204 BTVET Curriculum 262,342,600 216,306,019 208,735,308 7,570,711 96.50%


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MTEF DESCRIPTION APPROVED BUDGET

ACTUAL RECIEPTS FY 2018/2019

ACTUAL PAYMENTS FY 2018/2019

VARIANCE % AGE ABSORBED

71205 Research, Evalua-tion, Consultancy and Publication

70,000,000 54,431,000 49,641,072 4,789,928 91.20%

71206 Administration and Support Services 4,954,601,100 4,834,173,404 4,819,726,630 14,446,774 98.40%

Sub Total GoU 7,129,001,400 6,757,857,618 6,591,494,124 74,463,494 97.50%

Non Tax Revenue( Rec)

71206 Admin NTR (Rec) 120,000,000 112,795,850 112,780,687 15,163 99.10%

NTR Development

1415Support to NCDC Infrastructure Development

185,000,000 130,000,000 129,480,000 520,000 99.60%

Sub Total NTR 305,000,000 242,795,850 241,260,687 535,163 99.40%

Grand Total 7,434,001,400 7,000,653,468 6,832,754,811 74,998,657 97.60%

(Data Source: Details of Income and Expenditure 2018/2019)

*infrastructure Figure 4: Percentage Funds Absorption by Departments (Outputs) for 2018/19FY

Figure 4 above summarises expenditures by outputs for FY 2018/2019. NCDC absorbed 97.6 per cent of the funds received from Government of Uganda. The highest absorption rates were registered in Production of Instructional Materials Department at 100 per cent; Administration (NTR Recurrent and Infrastructure Development) at 99 per cent; while Research and Evaluation Output registered the least absorption at 91.2 per cent. The Centre also benefitted from off budget support that enabled undertakings that en-hanced the execution of her mandate as highlighted earlier.


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3.1 ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS


• Developed Assessment Guidelines for the CAPES, Kiswahili and Local Languages on the primary curriculum.

• Edited, proof read and designed the Nile English Course Book 6 and the Learner’s Aid to Comprehensive English (LACE) Book 6.

• Printed and distributed 8,110 copies each of the Nile English Course and Learner’s

Aid to Comprehensive English Book 5; the least performing schools and hard to reach districts were given priority.

• Conducted a needs assessment with key informants in Moroto, Nakapiripirit and Kalangala to establish the needs of the minority communities in those regions.

• Developed alternative syllabi and teacher’s guides for Special Interest Groups (SIG), specifically learners from nomadic and fishing communities as well as refugees.

3.1.1 Pre-Primary and Primary

DEPARTMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES IN THE MINISTERIAL POLICY STATEMENT

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3.1.2 Secondary Department

• Developed and fine-tuned Senior One Prototype textbooks and the respective teacher’s guide for 21 subjects.

• Reviewed the syllabus and implementation guidelines for Advanced Level Subsidiary Mathematics.

• Developed General Paper syllabus for the Advanced level.

• Reviewed the Fine Art Syllabus for the lower secondary.

• Worked with a consultant to ensure quality of the reviewed Lower Secondary Curriculum matches international standards.

• A set of local language books were selected and submitted to UNEB.

• Alpha tested the exemplar extracts of the textbook prototypes for Senior One.

• Developed a recipe book for Nutrition and Food Technology Syllabus.


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3.1.3 BTVET

3.1.4 Research and Evaluation

• Conducted orientation of 80 instructors for 4 diploma programmes of: Secretarial and Office Administration, Records and Information Management, Hotel and Institutional Catering, and Cosmetology and Body Therapy.

• Developed syllabus and teacher’s guide for National Diploma in Records and Information Management, Secretarial and Office Administration, and Leather Tannery and Production.

• Developed Assessment guidelines for the National Diploma in Secretarial and Office Administration.

• Printed 464 syllabi and teacher’s guides for four certificate programmes of Secretarial and Office Management, Records and Information Management, Hotel and Institutional Catering, and Cosmetology and Body Therapy.

• Findings on the study of an evaluation of Subsidiary Mathematics and Subsidiary ICT curricula were disseminated in Mbarara and Kampala.

• Newspapers were purchased.• Server and network printer were

purchased for library automation.

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Table 4: Other Achievements outside the Ministerial Policy Statement for FY2018/19

Department Achievement Source of FundingPre-primary & Primary

• Draft resource book for Primary Six SST developed.

• Draft teacher’s resource books for Inte-grated Science for Primary Four – Seven developed.

NCDC

• Teachers of Kalangala, Iganga and Buy-ende supported on curriculum interpre-tation and proper interpretation.

District Local Governments

• Global Citizenship Education (GCED) curriculum support materials reviewed.

• Evaluated the Boost for the Youngest Toolkit (Pregnancy – 3 years).

Asia Pacific Cen-tre of Education for International Understanding

NCDC

• Selected set books for Literature in En-glish Language and Kiswahili at A level.

NCDC

Secondary • Developed syllabi, teacher’s guides, and orientation manuals for UACE and UCE Tax Education Materials.

Uganda Reve-nue Authority

• Developed and harmonised profession-al profiles for 9 UCC and UGAPRIVI Na-tional Certificate Programmes.

UBTEB

BTVET • Fine-tuned and edited curricula for 16 National Certificate Business pro-grammes.

UBTEB

• Drew 98 illustrations for Sexuality Edu-cation materials

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Department Achievement Source of FundingProduction of In-structional Ma-terials

• Printed and distributed the NCDC Pub-lishing Guide to NCDC Specialists.

NCDC

• Integrated ICT in the teaching and learn-ing process of STEM subjects under the Kolibri project.

UNICEF

ICT Unit • Trained 32 Primary school teachers of deaf learners on reading materials for the deaf learners.

Dutch Kentallis

• Developed the accelerated curriculum for refugees (ALP) (Primary level) Sup-ported by the Norwegian Refugee Coun-cil.

Norwegian Ref-ugee council

SNE • Developed accelerated curriculum at secondary level.

War Child Can-ada

• Developed teacher’s guides for selected subjects for the Accelerated Education Programme for Secondary schools.

War Child Can-ada

• Published the NCDC magazine titled “The Curriculum Tree”.

NCDC

• Developed Teacher’s Guides for selected subjects for the Accelerated Education Pro-gramme for Secondary schools.

War Child Canada

Research & Eval-uation

• Published the NCDC magazine titled “The Curriculum Tree”

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3.2.1 ICT UNITThe ICT Unit has the responsibility of ensuring that the ICT component is integrated in the Curricula. In the FY 2018/19, the ICT Unit:

• digitised Senior One mathematics.• integrated ICT in the teaching and

learning processes at Primary and Secondary levels.

3.2.2 SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION UNIT

• Developed the accelerated curriculum for refugees (ALP) (Primary level).

• Developed accelerated curriculum for selected subjects for secondary level.

• Trained 32 Primary school teachers for deaf learners on reading materials for the deaf learners.

The Unit edited, proofread, illustrated and designed:• Study report on an evaluation

of Subsidiary Mathematics and Subsidiary ICT curricula.

• Syllabi and teacher’s guides for 4 certificate programmes of: Secretarial and Office Management, Records and Information Management, Hotel and Institutional Catering, and Cosmetology and Body Therapy.

• Assessment guidelines for National Diploma in Secretarial and Office Administration.

• Syllabus and teacher’s guide for National Diploma in Records and Information management.

• Recipe Book for Foods and Nutrition.

• Senior One Prototype textbooks and teacher’s guides, textbook specifications for the 21 subjects

and teacher training manuals of the reviewed lower secondary curriculum.

• Teacher’s resource books to support teachers of the gifted and talented learners, learners with autism and learners with specific learning difficulties in secondary schools.

• Syllabus for Advanced Level General Paper.

• Syllabus for Advanced level Subsidiary Mathematics.

• Assessment Guidelines for CAPEs, Kiswahili and Local Languages for the Primary Curriculum.

• The accelerated curriculum for refugees (ALP) (Primary level).

• The accelerated curriculum for selected subjects for secondary level.

3.2 CROSS CUTTING SERVICESThe Units that offer cross cutting services are ICT, SNE, Production and Science and Technology Equipment Production (STEPU) Units.

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Figure 5: Net Profit and Total Operating Expenses for Period July 2018 – June 2019

The Science and Technology Production Unit (STEPU) was established as a project in 1987 under the NCDC with the broad objective of improving the teaching of science subjects in schools through production of science equipment and instructional materials. To achieve the objective, STEPU is involved in processes of design and production of instructional prototypes, carpentry and glassware science equipment, scholastic materials such as chalkboards, board rulers, classroom/staffroom furniture, sale of laboratory reagents as well as servicing laboratory equipment.

In the FY 2018/19, STEPU produced 1,740 student desks, 20 tables, 1,600 classroom chairs, 100 chalkboards, 300 children writing boards, 78 chalkboard mathematical sets, and 6,009 laboratory materials and equipment. Some of the institutions that purchased STEPU products in the FY 2018/19 included: St. Elizabeth SS Kidetok (Serere), Kampala Institute of Science and Technology (Kampala), NABS Consult (Kampala), Seeta Secondary School (Mukono), Passion Christian High School (Wakiso), Hillside Secondary School (Arua) and Friendship Bookshop (Mbale).

3.2.4 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION UNIT (STEPU)

Figure 5 above shows the performance of STEPU operations throughout the FY2018/19. STEPU registered the highest and lowest net surpluses of UGX 21.3m and UGX 12.7m in the months of July 2018 and April 2019 respectively. The

same months registered the lowest and highest operating costs respectively. This implies that operating costs are a stronger determinant of net surplus than income.


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The administration and supports services are offered by the Departments of; Administration, Finance and Accounts, Procurement and Audit.

3.3 ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

• Reviewed the NCDC Human Resource Manual and staff organisational structure.

• Organised 7 Council and 12 Committee meetings as a statutory requirement provided for in the NCDC Act and for purposes of good corporate governance.

• Facilitated capacity building for 7 members of staff. One officer graduated with Masters in Project Planning and Management, 4 with Post Graduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and 2 with Post Graduate Diploma in Curriculum Design and Development.

• Recruited staff to fill the following vacant positions: Finance Secretary, Assistant Internal Auditor, Head of Department – BTVET and Marketing officer.

• Purchased 25 high back seats, 21 desktops, 5 laptops and 2 printers.

• Facilitated Audit Unit in renewal of membership of the Audit Committee and held 2 Audit Committee meetings.

• Internal Audit Unit was facilitated to attend two capacity building trainings (IIA and ICPAU).

• Procurement Unit worked with other departments in implementing the Annual Procurement Plan of NCDC for FY2018/19

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3.3.2 Finance Department

• Spearheaded other departments in developing the institutional Annual Work Plan and Budget estimates for FY 2019/20, justifying the need for increased allocation to the Centre. Additionally, meetings were held with the Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit to conduct a stock take of the performance of NCDC’s Development Plan.

• Submitted routine accountability and reports to:

i. Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development

ii. National Planning Authority

iii. Equal Opportunities Commission

iv. Development partners

• Conducted regular monitoring of the performance targets in the Ministerial

Policy Statement through extraction of quarterly work plans and quarterly reports submitted to Management and Committees of the Governing Council.

• Reviewed the Strategic Plan 2015/16 – 2019/20 Implementation and commenced developing the new Strategic Plan 2020/21 – 2024/25.

• Compiled the Annual Report 2017/18FY.

• Reviewed the NCDC Financial Regulations to align them to the National Financial Regulatory Framework.

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CHALLENGES FACED IN FY 2018/19 AND SUGGESTED MITIGATION MEASURES

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SN Challenges Mitigation Measure1 Delayed approval of NCDC Amend-

ment Bill resulting into the following challenges;

• Inadequate Quorum of Council: Some institutions with represen-tation on the council have either been closed or merged hence making it difficult to raise quorum in council meetings. The resulting resolutions are therefore unlawful and challengeable in courts.

• Restrictive eligibility of appoint-ment of chairpersons of council.

• Disharmony between the Centre’s budgeting cycle which is based on a calendar year and that of govern-ment which is a financial year.

The Amendment Bill was ap-proved by cabinet and has been gazetted awaiting pre-sentation and discussion for approval by Parliament.

2. BTVET and TVET Councils

Proposed establishment of the TVET Councils threatens the existence and relevance of the BTVET department at the Centre.

There is need to separate the quality assurance function meant for TVET Councils from the curriculum development function for NCDC. It is in-deed necessary to have an institution that continuously develops/reviews syllabi and instructional materials.


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CHALLENGES FACED IN FY 2017/18 ...

SN Challenges Mitigation Measure3. Delayed implementation of the ap-

proved Teacher Education Policy which has in turn delayed the transfer of curriculum development for Teach-er Education and validation of text-books to the Centre.

A committee to develop the operations Framework has been appointed where NCDC is a member

4. The continued budget cuts and non-re-lease of all approved budget funds af-fect implementation of critical activi-ties especially Quarter 4 activities.

NCDC is focussing on improv-ing its consultancy function to mobilise off-budget funding.

5. The Centre is understaffed and current-ly operating at 43% per cent established staff structure. This has resulted in em-ployee burnout and low morale leading to high employee turnover.

Management is planning to lobby Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Devel-opment for an enhancement in the wage bill.


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Management Team

Enid NyendwohaHead of Department, Pre-Primary and Primary

Alisat GuleHead of Department, BTVET

Enid KamwineHead of Department, Research and Evaluation

John HabiyaremyeAdministrative Secretary

Bernadette N. KaruhangaDeputy Director

Grace K. BagumaDirector

Chrostopher MugangaAg. Head of Department, Secondary

Fred GaliwangoManager, STEPU

Patrick MugishaAg. Finance Secretary

Robert BwireInternal Auditor

Core ValuesTeamwork

IntegrityEquity

Excellence


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