The purpose of the assignment is strengthening skills and competencies of in-service teachers in the use of ICTs for Teaching and Learning. It aims at promoting and improving the quality and diversity of ICT use towards the achievement of learning outcomes amidst the critical challenges that teachers and learners are facing with the Covid19 Pandemic. The assignment also assesses teachers’ preparation to utilize alternative teaching methods that can be contextualized amidst the Covid19 pandemic.

The objective of this survey is to assess ICT competency levels of targeted teachers in order to design appropriate capacity building interventions in line with the National Education Sector Contingency and response plan for Covid19 in Uganda.

The BEAR II intervention focuses on enhancing the TVET system capacity to ensure the employability of student graduates from formal TVET programmes in the agriculture sector (agro-processing and post-harvest management) along the maize, fruits and vegetable value chain. In order to achieve these objectives, a broad range of activities are to be conducted under the framework of the project, corresponding to the following three expected result areas:

(i)    Increasing the relevance of TVET to the needs of the economy by developing training curriculums to respond to market demand of skills;

(ii) Enhancing the quality of TVET delivered to trainees by building capacities of TVET trainers and institutions; and

(iii)   Improving the perception of TVET among young people, enterprises and society, therefore making it a more appealing education option.

UNESCO in collaboration with Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) contracted Radix Management Consulting (U) Ltd to provide services that will lead to an enhancement of TVET materials on Agro processing and post-harvest management with view of improving the competencies and interest of young people in TVET institutions that are undertaking these courses.