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Rosemary Nansubuga
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Curriculum Design and Career Choice(s) Among Students in Selected Secondary Schools in Wakiso District, Uganda.
REFNo: SS2105ES

iii. To find out how assessment strategies influence career choices among students in secondary schools. ii. To determine the influence of instructional methods on career choices among students in secondary schools. i. To establish the influence of course content on career choices among students in secondary schools. The study’s overall objective is to investigate the influence of curriculum design on career choices among students in secondary schools in Uganda using secondary schools in Wakiso District in central Uganda.
Uganda 2024-02-29 17:35:34 2027-03-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
JIMMY ELING -
ID:
Investigation of the Effect of Torrefaction on the Briquetting and Combustion Characteristics of Groundnut Shell and Maize Straw
REFNo: NS668ES

(i) Optimize torrefaction conditions: temperature; heating rate; and holding time of groundnut
shell and maize straw.
(ii) Obtain the optimal briquetting conditions: compacting pressure; temperature; and particle size
of raw and torrefied groundnut shell and maize straw.
(iii) Determine the energy requirements for densification of raw and torrefied groundnut shell and
maize straw.
(iv) Investigate the effect of torrefaction on the combustion characteristics of briquettes produced
from groundnut shell and maize straw.
(v) Determine combustion kinetics of raw and torrefied groundnut shell and maize straw.
Uganda 2024-02-29 17:34:24 2027-03-01 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Fridah Siyanga
ID: UNCST-2023-R007537
Small fish for small children: Consumption of small fish among primary school-age children in Northern Uganda project
REFNo: SS2301ES

1.To examine environmental, economic, social, and institutional factors affecting availability and access to small fish in selected rural and urban communities. 2.To assess the utilization and consumption of small fish at home and in school among children of primary school going age (6-14 years) from selected households in these communities. 3.To examine the role of parents, school management, district administrations, and other stakeholders in facilitating existing school feeding practices in selected schools. 4.To assess current policies governing school feeding and to analyze the various stake-holders’ perceptions on their role in developing and implementing school feeding policies that can contribute to providing school meals containing small fish.
Zambia 2024-02-29 17:33:23 2027-03-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
MAJARIWA DAVID
ID: UNCST-2023-R007546
TAKING KISWAHILI TO THE INFORMAL SECTOR: DEVELOPING PEOPLE’S KISWAHILI ORAL PROFICIENCY AS A SOFT SKILL TO WIDEN THEIR ECONOMIC PROSPECTS IN UGANDA.
REFNo: SS2077ES

iv. iv. To ascertain the feasibility of developing oral proficiency in Kiswahili among people in the Informal Sector.,iii. To examine both qualitatively and quantitatively the factors that influence the oral proficiency and usage of Kiswahili in Uganda.,ii. To determine the perception of Ugandans on Kiswahili learning for communicative usage in Uganda.,i. To assess Kiswahili oral competencies of the people in the informal sector,The general Objective of the study is to establish how the Informal Sector can leverage on Kiswahili acquisition and usage in Uganda. ,
Uganda 2024-02-29 17:31:46 2027-03-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Damian Kajunguri
ID:
Mathematical analysis of the impact of poor sanitation on human health, environment and economic development in the new cities of Uganda
REFNo: NS712ES

OBJECTIVES
The main objective is to design a sanitation framework for effective delivery of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in the new cities of Uganda.
Specific Objectives
i. To determine the current water, sanitation and hygiene practices in the new cities
ii. To determine the risks on human health, environment and economic development that arise due to poor hygiene and sanitation services in new cities
iii. To develop mathematical models that will be used to determine optimal waste dumping places and evaluate the impact of improved water and sanitation services on human health, environment and economic development

Uganda 2024-02-29 17:29:51 2027-03-01 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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