Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has finally given the green light to the development of a new A-Level competence-based curriculum. Sources from the Ministry of Education headquarters have revealed that Education Minister Janet Kataha Museveni has allowed the National Curriculum Development Centre to proceed with the development of the revised curriculum.

“This has been a major concern, but the directive is clear: NCDC should move forward with the development,” a source informed our reporter a week ago. Our reporter has since verified this information with the National Curriculum Development Centre.

Dr. Bernadette Nambi, Deputy Director at NCDC, confirmed the update during a meeting with the Education Policy Review Commission. She assured that the Centre will soon begin the process to ensure the new curriculum is finalized before the start of the next academic year.

This move comes in response to concerns and confusion about how current Senior Four students, who are sitting their examination in the next two months, will transition from the new lower secondary curriculum to the existing knowledge-based A-Level system next year.

When NCDC introduced the O-Level curriculum in 2020, they began reviewing the upper secondary curriculum to ensure a smooth transition for students. However, progress was hampered midway due to budget cuts resulting from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.