WorldSkills Shanghai: Lugobe Takes His Cooking Skills to Global Stage

From training at the Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training College (UHTTC) in Jinja to earning a place among Africa’s top young culinary talent, Paul Terran Lugobe’s skills journey has now brought him to the world’s biggest stage for skills. Lugobe took part in the hospitality skills competitions in Jinja where he excelled and went ahead to compete at the Ladha Za Afrika Culinary Competition at theRead More…

WorldSkills Uganda Signs MoU with KCDI to Enhance Skills Development

WorldSkills Uganda (WSU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kampala Capacity Development Institute (KCDI) to strengthen the quality of technical and vocational skills delivery, deepening industry involvement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). The partnership brings together two institutions with a shared interest in closing the gap between what TVET Read More…

Ham Wilson Lukurwe

VIDEO: TVET Offers Young People a Faster Pathway to Skills and Employment – Expert

Education and skills development expert Ham Wilson Lukurwe has urged young people and parents to consider Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a practical pathway to employment, saying the system equips learners with job-ready skills in a relatively short time. Speaking about the structure and benefits of the TVET pathway, Lukurwe explained that learners can join the TVET systeRead More…

Belgium Urges Uganda to Invest in Skills Development to Curb Unemployment

The Belgian Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Hugues Chantry has urged the Ugandan government to scale up investment in skills development as a strategic measure to combat youth unemployment. Speaking during the International Day of Education post-event and World Youth Skills Day high-level policy dialogue in Kampala on Tuesday, Ambassador Chantry emphasized that equipping young people with practical aRead More…