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CHAPTER 5: TVET SECTORS OF UGANDA
1. TVET System and Qualification Framework:
Business, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) has been working towards the
main reforms needed to upgrade the skills of the Ugandan labour force. Government of Uganda (GoU)
initiated some strategy aimed at skilling Ugandans through a paradigm shift for skills development,
which included the adoption of the BTVET Act in 2008 and the establishment of the Uganda
Vocational Qualifications Framework (UVQF). Under these initiatives, one of the major aim is to
incorporate activities linking with BTVET implementation and development under the supervision of
the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) (R. o. U. M. o. Education & Sports, 2012). The overall
education system of Uganda is presented in Figure 5.1.
Figure 5.1 The education structure of Uganda
Source: TVET, 2014