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On March 8th, visiting Instructors from Uganda's Bukalasa Agricultural College (BAC), together with their colleagues from 9 1免费版下's Faculty of Agriculture, launched the Uganda Skills Development Project, a World Bank funded twinning exercise between the two institutions.
The project, which runs from 2018-21, will see 9 1免费版下 and BAC work together to establish the latter as a Centre of Excellence in competency based education and training (CBET).
The project launch brought together over 50 9 1免费版下 Faculty members, 聽staff and students who have participated in USDP activities, or intend to in the future and presented achievements and next steps. 聽
Dean David Gray presented Certificates of Achievement to the five visiting instructors from Uganda who were engaged in a two-week curriculum training from February 24-March 10.
Reinforcing one of the project鈥檚 main themes of self-sustainability, Dr. Gray stated that 鈥渢he curriculum being finalized for BAC maintains an entrepreneurial focus that will produce job-creators for Uganda鈥檚 agricultural sector, not just job seekers.鈥澛
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