Uganda, May 9 -- Institutions of higher learning have been challenged to be flexible and prepare to embrace the competence-based curriculum that government rolled out to help equip learners with the relevant skills to survive even when they leave school.

In February 2020, Uganda implemented the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) in lower secondary education, shifting from a primarily knowledge-based system to one that focuses on skills and competencies.The universities and higher institutions of learning are expected to start admitting the pioneer students of the new curriculum beginning August this year.

During the capacity building workshop for higher education institutions from western Uganda on transitioning higher education curricul...