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Namielus Science and Technology Programme
Primary School Level
BACKGROUND
We always demand for performance report
forms from our children at the end of each term.
Keen parents won't hesitate blaming or even
punishing their children for the low scores in
specific subjects or for the poor grade. What we
all forget is that a report form is just a piece of
paper signed and stamped to prove validity but
most importantly showing the learner's scores in
each subject. These children will then be magnet-
ized towards a system which conditions them to
work for good grades rather than for the knowl-
edge, skills, values and attitudes necessary for
career building. Consequently they end up imi-
tating and rehearsing the findings of dead scien-
tists, poets, philosophers and dreamers without
raising any objection. Eventually this defines
schools as mainly centers for a single point of
view - the one the teacher has or the one the text-
books provide.
Contrary to the above approach, the NSTP
forms a turning point where we traverse
around technology necessary for our socie-
ties, the materials therein, machines and
tools, scientific knowledge and its use. The
key feature that makes us unique is our de-
livery methods which are characterized by
practice and experiencing, creativity, inno-
vation and real production using the most
appropriate technologies. We have keen in-
terest geared towards children at early child-
hood stage, so that it is easy to instill the
principle in them at an adorable stage. It is
time to have children start their careers right
away.
Together let us nurture able bodied children
who can sustain a continuous process of build-
ing human capacity and abilities that can match
the contemporary challenges.
The Namielus Science and Technology Programme, (NSTP) is
an alternative practical and vocational based private curricu-
lum intended to equip its learners with the relevant knowl-
edge, skills, values and attitudes that are necessary for the
most relevant education for Uganda today. It was previously
thought, planned and developed by Namielus Educational.
With the NSTP in place in Uganda, we are trending along the
roots of the true meaning of contemporary education rele-
vancy.
The programme is set to run throughout the seven years of
primary school education alongside the main stream formal
school curriculum, in the schools opting to undertake it.
Unlike the traditional way of learning which is characterized
by reading, writing and parroting the facts, the programme
deploys such methods as participatory, experiencing and dis-
covery learning. In this course of study, learners are meant to
produce services and tangible goods at all levels of progres-
sion. In this case they learn how to apply knowledge to pro-
duce technological products or systems. The programme cov-
ers various aspects of technology in a broad range, but selec-
tively for particular levels of progression, with areas as power
and energy, construction, manufacturing and processing,
computer technology, electrical, mechanical and telecommu-
nication engineering fields, communication, transport, car-
pentry and Joinery, metal work and glass fitting, plumbing,
agro-processing and so on.
The major objective of this initiative is not only to create prac-
tical young stars that can produce things, but also to nurture
creative and innovative inventors who will come up with
products, services and systems appropriate for solving
Uganda’s contemporary problems at particular levels.
Aim The Namielus Science and Technology Programme aims at
developing learners’ ability to design, produce and evaluate
quality solutions that respond to identified opportunities and
needs. It enables learners to justify solutions and to responsi-
bly, safely and creatively use and select materials, tools and
techniques.
1. Technology and an understanding of design processes
enable people to manage, interpret, shape and alter
their environment to improve their quality of life at
home, school, in work places and in the broader com-
munity. The rapid rate of technological change in an
increasingly knowledge-based society highlights the
need for flexible technological capability, innovative
thinking and effective communication skills.
2. Technology education integrates both procedural and
conceptual knowledge based on a holistic view of
design. Learners identify needs that have personal
relevance, apply design theory and use design proc-
esses that encourage flexibility, resourcefulness and
imagination in the development, communication and
production of quality solutions.
3. Learners study about technologies and use a range of
materials, tools and techniques relevant to the per-
sonal, commercial and global areas of human activ-
ity. Technologies assume increased importance when
they are applied to solve real problems and to create
ideas and solutions in response to needs and oppor-
tunities for customers, clients or themselves. They
can be used to add functional, aesthetic and environ-
mental value to products.
4. Learners can further develop a fascination with, and
enjoyment of, innovating and creating through mak-
ing decisions and in their production of working
solutions. They will experience a core of design proc-
esses and technological experiences. In the broader
community, the application of this process can
involve the consideration of factors relating to
organisation, people, environments, sustainability,
appropriateness, materials, machines and equipment,
systems, communication infrastructures, social and
ethical solutions
5. Thinking skills are developed experientially as learn-
ers, research, design and make. The use of reflective,
flexible and creative thinking skills are encouraged to
build understanding of underlying principles that
can be transferred to different project settings and
applications. Studies in technology develop skills in
enterprise and initiative. Through practical experi-
ence it leads students to develop, select and apply
technological skills involved in designing and pro-
ducing. This includes processes of analysing, plan-
ning, producing, evaluating and maintaining the ma-
terial and information needs of our society. The
NSTP builds a foundation for the Secondary Educa-
tion Science and Technology course that provides
broad experience in a range of contexts..
6. The development of knowledge, skills and under-
standing gained through the study of NSTP will
enable learners to contribute positively to Uganda’s
future. They will be given opportunities to learn how
to function safely in a working environment and in a
society driven by rapid technological change, com-
munication and in a global society with increasingly
competitive knowledge-driven economies.
7. The capacity to solve problems and generate ideas
through the use of new conceptual approaches, mod-
els, drawings, information and communication tech-
nologies, and the ability to develop, produce and
implement quality solutions are keys to technological
competence. These know-why and know-how capa-
bilities often distinguish leading companies, innova-
tors and regions from their competitors.
Together we can make it. Keep up!
FOUNDATION LEVEL: P.1 TO P.3
Category: Play Group
Module 1: Ourselves, crafting and the computer
Module 2: The environment and its use
Module 3: Technological disciplines of work
Self Preparation and Entry
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL: P.4 TO P.5
Category: Industrious Group
Module 4: The core of Science and Technology
Module 5: Applications, exploring & experiencing
Technology Core and Realization
SECONDARY SCHOOL OR OTHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
ABSORBED IN COMMUNITY/WORKPLACE
Post Primary Studies
ADVANCED LEVEL: P.6 TO P.7
Category: Meticulous Group
Module 6: Research and Design Development
Module 7: Creativity, innovation and productivity
Includes both CORE and ELECTIVE units
Application and Development
Namielus Group Limited (NGL) is
the company which designed, devel-
oped and owns the NSTP. Namielus
Educational (NE) is its subsidiary
that is responsible for administering
the programme and the Board of
Studies of Namielus Educational
(BSNE) is the technical committee
engaged in the developing of the
curriculum, syllabus and the
content.
Namielus Group Limited, through
the Board of Studies of Namielus
Educational designs a full curricu-
lum constituting the programme
guidelines and the syllabus. Namie-
lus Educational writes the study
materials in terms of content as
teacher’s guides and learner text-
books which are published.
Namielus enters into a partnership
with schools willing to undertake
the programme. The school will
organize the trainers who they
present to Namielus for teacher
training sessions to orient them
through the prerequisite qualifica-
tion. Before the teachers are selected,
they will have to present their CVs
for scrutiny, undertake a written
interview, and then be selected for
training. Resource persons such as
carpenters, builders, welders, paint-
ers, etc. will be considered to sup-
port the teachers during practical
sessions.
The schools will also organize
resources such as the technology
rooms and their constituents as shall
be specified by the BSNE. Jointly
with the affiliate schools, BSNE will
design and construct the training
aids, set and furnish the technology
rooms. The school will then be
ready to enroll learners and start the
programme. During the training,
Namielus together with the affiliate
school will carry out supervision,
regulation, projects formation,
assessments and awarding.
Jointly with the affiliate schools,
Namielus will search for Affiliate
School sponsors of various categories
as the needs of the said schools shall
arise.
N.B: We strongly advise that the
schools which can afford the resources
would leave the chance of sponsor-
ship to other schools with limited
resources.
In the academic year 2016, we are set
to partner with twenty (20) primary
schools for the NSTP in the first class
of study (i.e. primary one). We are
prepared to continue the pioneering
group to P. 2 in the following year,
then in the same year we expect to
add on twenty (20) more new schools.
Tentatively the programme will benefit all stake holders from Namielus, her affiliate schools, the Government (and its
various bodies), parents, learners/trainees and the communities at large. Owing to the fact that this programme is
unique and result oriented, it will benefit the affiliate schools (schools undertaking the programme) as follows:
��The NSTP schools will gain popularity for having taken on a very desirable course of study in Uganda today.
��The programme will help to increase their enrolment due to the number of parents who would like their children to
undertake technology.
��The Namielus Affiliate School stands a chance of acquiring school, resource, teacher or learner sponsorships.
��The programme will lead to the production of people with the ability to create jobs, rather than seeking for them.
��There will be a creation of a fundamental block on a generation of people with a changed ability of production and
innovation.
�� It will create more jobs in a system kind of structure, where people will create, engage in and run jobs at different
levels of operations.
While we take on the programme, the schools will pay an annual fee as registration for a particular class. Each
class added will call for this fee, although the value may differ. For the tuition fees, the school decides the
amount of fees to charge the parents for each child per term. Its from this figure that the school will acquire
what to remit to Namielus Educational as indicated in the table below.
FOUNDATION LEVEL : (From P.1 up to and including P.3)
Item Description Amount (Ugx.)
Notes:
Primary One
1.1 Annual registration fees (a one time payment by affiliate school)
1,500,000 �� 1 free copies of the curriculum guide �� 3 free copies of Teachers’ Guides for P.1. �� 3 free copies of Learners’ Books for P.1. �� Including training of up to 5 teachers. �� Registration certificates for the NSTP.
1.2 Namielus fees per learner per term (P.1): 10,000 �� Class of 50 learners and above
1.3 Namielus fees per learner per term (P.1): 15,000 �� 25 – 49 pupils
1.4 Namielus fees per learner per term (P.1): 20,000 �� Up to 24 pupils
Primary Two
2.1 Annual registration fees (a one time payment by affiliate school)
1,200,000 �� 1 free copies of the curriculum guide �� 3 free copies of Teachers’ Guides for P.2. �� 3 free copies of Learners’ Books for P.2. �� Including training of up to 5 teachers.
2.2 Namielus fees per learner per term (P.2): 15,000 �� Class of 50 learners and above
2.3 Namielus fees per learner per term (P.2): 20,000 �� 25 – 49 pupils
2.4 Namielus fees per learner per term (P.2): 25,000 �� Up to 24 pupils
Primary Three
3.1 Annual registration fees (a one time payment by affiliate school)
1,000,000 �� 3 free copies of the curriculum guide �� 3 free copies of Teachers’ Guides for P.3. �� 3 free copies of Learners’ Books for P.3. �� Including training of up to 5 teachers.
3.2 Namielus fees per learner per term (P.3): 20,000 �� Class of 50 learners and above
3.2 Namielus fees per learner per term (P.3): 25,000 �� 25 – 49 pupils
3.3 Namielus fees per learner per term (P.3): 30,000 �� Up to 24 pupils
NAMIELUS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME
(To be duly filled, signed and stamped by the applicant and returned to Namielus Educational)
School Name
Details
Year (s) you intend to enroll: _________________ Total No. of pupils to enroll: ______________________
Are classroom spaces available ? ______ . If no, what are your plans? _______________________________________
Are the trainers available ? ______ . If no, what are your plans? ______________________________________________
Will you organize the teaching aids? ______ . If no, what is your plan ?___________________________________
Would you need sponsorship for the programme? _________
Signature of the in-charge/Dept. head: Names Title Date
Signature for Head of School Names Title Date
Sponsoring Institution /Individual Name Representative Signature/Name Title Date
(If applicable)
Office
Address:
TEL: Mobile (Cell Phone):
FAX: E-mail:
Contact
person
Name:
Designation:
Address:
TEL: Mobile (Cell Phone):
FAX: E-mail:
PARTNERSHIP APPLICATION FORM
Application
date
Target Commencement
date:
OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Registration no.:………………………. Date Registered: ……………… Due for commencement: …………………………..
Comments: ……………………………………...……. Signed:……………………….. Designation ……………………
NAMIELUS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLGY PROGRAMME
Terms and Conditions��An intending school shall be considered for the training programme
after having made and submitted an official application. Namielus
reserves the right to accept or turn down any application.
�� By signing the MoU with Namielus, the school agrees to abide by
the Programme terms and conditions as set forthwith.
�� The school shall provide the facilities and resources necessary for
studying as stipulated by the programme documents.
��Apart from those resources during registration, other resources as
syllabi, textbooks, teachers’ guides, teaching aids will be paid for by
the school.
�� The school will manage its instructors in terms of facilitation and
salary payment.
��No school will take on the programme on its own without Namielus
Group Limited’s authorization under its context. Doing so may lead
to prosecution.
��Namielus is not responsible for the fees the school charges per pupil
per term whatsoever. Only a given amount as indicated in this
document will be payable to Namielus.
��All tuition dues payable to Namielus Educational have to be
remitted by the Namielus Affiliate Schools before the end of term
for that particular term.
�� The school agrees not to engage in the manufacture, use, distribu-
tion, supply, marketing or promotion of any counterfeit, pirated, or
illegal textbooks, learner kits or other course materials, whether
directly or indirectly, and will assist Namielus as reasonably
required in the investigation of any such activities.
�� The school and Namielus tentatively agree to follow the set curricu-
lum of the programme and if in any case some adjustments are
needed then they shall be reported to Namielus Educational for
action as may be deemed necessary.
Namielus Educational is a subsidiary of
Namielus Group Limited, with the prime
rationale of developing the most relevant
and innovative solutions in the field of
holistic education that will positively
transform this nation. We produce perti-
nent educational content, materials and
resources in their totality ranging from
curricular, syllabi, instructional guides,
training modules, textbooks, multi-media
resources, many other teaching/learning
aids and training consultancy; specializing
in mathematical, scientific, technological,
vocational and occupational areas.
Our potential beneficiaries could have the
best ideas and inspirations; however, they
may lack time, spare energy or concentra-
tion to craft real top quality learning mate-
rials. Therefore, working in a freelance
context, Namielus provides a paramount
solution.
We can write you content for a curriculum,
syllabus and course, textbook, training
module, teaching notes, website, audio or
video programme, and so on, for both the
formal or non-formal settings.
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+256 772 577710, +256 701 216990
E-mail.: [email protected]
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