The Taskforce has identified the following tabulated Education Development Partners (EDPs) and projects they are interested in supporting UNITE activities.
S/No. | Partner | Current Area of Interest to Support UNITE |
1 | ENABEL | Supports pedagogical programs and infrastructure; ICT equipment and online CPDs. |
2 | UNESCO | Supports Strategic Plan and policy development. |
3 | VVOB | Has interest in Teaching Agriculture Practically and CPDs. |
4 | STiR Education | For Teacher Motivation and CPD guidelines. |
5 | USAID | To Fund UNITE Master Plan Development and supports Literacy (EGR) and School-related Gender-based Violence. |
6 | Sight Savers | Interested in supporting Special Needs Education. |
7 | UNICEF | To support ECD academic programme development. |
8 | Education in Emergency Areas | Peace, Conflict Education Cross cutting issues; |
9 | Play Matters | Would like to fund ECD activities. |
10 | NOHRED | For Academic Staff Capacity Building for Research-Based Teacher Education. |
UNITE is also a partner in NOHRED funded project involving 4 universities namely; Makerere University, Kyambogo University, University of Bergen and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences both from Norway. The project entitled ‘Capacity Building for Research-Based Teacher Education’ focuses on capacity building for academic staff, teaching English, General Education/Professional Studies, Mathematics and Music.
Through this project, 8 staff from UNITE, teaching these four disciplines, will be awarded scholarship to pursue Master’s degree. In addition, the project will refurbish an ICT room and provide equipment for education and research.