The Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council held a media training workshop at the National ICT Innovation Hub in Nakawa, aimed at disseminating reforms to address Uganda’s unemployment crisis.
The workshop, themed “Reforms Dissemination,” focused on sensitizing stakeholders on the TVET Act 2025 and the TVET policy 2019, with the goal of fostering collaboration among key players in the skilling sub-sector.
Moses Kasakya, the Executive Director of the TVET Council, emphasized that Uganda is facing a significant challenge of unemployment, stating, “In Uganda, there’s unemployment and we need to gain skills in the jobs that we do and find labour market needs.” He stressed the importance of equipping Ugandans with the right skills to meet the demands of the labour market.
Kasakya further highlighted the need to improve youth employability and support their transition to decent work, among other objectives. The TVET Act 2025, which came into effect in March, introduces a new employer-led approach to align training with labour market needs, and the TVET Council has been mandated to regulate and coordinate TVET in Uganda.
The reforms aim to address the skills gap in Uganda and make TVET more responsive to the needs of the economy and industry. The workshop brought together stakeholders from the TVET sector, including media practitioners, to discuss the reforms and their implications for the sector.
The TVET Council is working to ensure that Ugandans acquire skills that are relevant to the job market, thereby increasing their chances of securing employment and contributing to the country’s economic growth.
