Academy for Educational Development

Phase I of the Connect-ED activity, originally established in 1998 by USAID under the LearnLink Initiative, set up computer centers at Kyambogo University (KyU) and eight Primary Teacher's Colleges (PTC) throughout the country.

The program has also created an online teacher training curriculum and a digital resource library based on the Ugandan core curriculum.

Connect-ED Phase II aims to build on the infrastructure established in Phase I with a central focus on sustainability and a long-term information and communication technologies (ICT) strategy for KyU as well as for each of the eight colleges.

Working in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education, activities include developing business plans and policy reform to financially sustain the PTC labs, using ICT to increase teachers' capacity to incorporate student-centered teaching practices in the classroom, developing a Web presence for KyU and each PTC, continuing to provide computer training, and completing the digitization of the online curriculum.