On 2nd March 2021, Ministry of Gender Labor and Social Development commemorated the International Mother Tongue Day in partnership with other relevant government and non-government organizations including Uwezo Uganda, under the theme; “Mother tongue: Key to COVID 19 crisis prevention and response in Uganda”.

As a learning partner, Uwezo Uganda and other partners participated in the Schools 2030 National design workshop organized by the Aga Khan Foundation to unpack and identify the learning domains for young people age 5, 10 and 15 years aligned to Uganda’s national education agenda.

A policy brief was published on Inequalities in children’s basic literacy and numeracy skills in Uganda and their implications for Policy; and launched during the Ministry of Education and Sports, Basic Education Working Group meeting, on 2^nd February 2021. Click here to access the policy brief

Uwezo Uganda has been referenced in regards to the recent reopening of schools after the world’s longest Covid shutdown. The article can be accessed here.

The blog was posted by Bea Simpson, Mary Goretti Nakabugo and Ricardo Sabates as a response to the September 2021 UKFIET conference presentation on ECE in Uganda. It was written against a backdrop of recent news of the arrival of 2,000 Afghani refugees in Uganda. It can be accessed here.

Uwezo Uganda and other organisations that form part of the RISE Community of Practice advise world leaders at the Global Education Summit 2021 to focus on foundational literacy and numeracy skills to solve the learning crisis in the letter published by Financial Times. It can be accessed here