Research and Evaluation

The department is made up of two units i.e. Research and Evaluation and the Library.

The research and evaluation conducts research intended to bring about curriculum revision reform that is geared to the National Educational needs at Pre-primary and Primary, Secondary, Business technical and vocational education levels.

Functions of Research and evaluation Department

• To conduct research and evaluation studies on curricula and educational programmes.
• To evaluate the effectiveness of instructional methods and techniques used in schools.
• To work with subject specialist to evaluate curricula in use.
• To conduct research for use in curriculum planning and management.
• To train panel members in research methods and techniques.
• To collect and compile data and information relevant to the centre’s work.
• To maintain an efficient document unit
• To provide specialized research and evaluation support services to other academic departments.

THE NCDC LIBRARY UNIT
The library at NCDC is a Unit of the Research and Evaluation Department.
The Library is at the centre of creating an informed and knowledgeable staff involved in curricula initiation, development and improvement. It provides information services by the application of modern information and communication technologies.

SERVICES;
Provision and distribution of professional lists serves
Current awareness services eg Daily newspapers and newsletters
Selective dissemination of information
Online public Inquiry Services /Reference services

Access to Online Resources

1.African Portal Library (African Policy Issues)

2.Bioline International (Tropical Medicine, Infectious diseases, and Epidemiology, Emerging new diseases, Environment, Conservation and International development)

3.CAB Abstracts (Including full text select): Agriculture, Forestry, Human Health, Animal Health, Soil Science, Water Supply and Management

4.Chatham House: Energy, Environment and Resource Governance, International Economics & Regional and Security Studies

5.DAOJ-Directory of Open Access Journals (Agriculture and Food Science, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Biology and Life Sciences, Languages and Literatures Law and Political Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy and Religion, Social Science & Technology)

6.DiVA-Academic Archive On-line: DiVA portal is a finding tool for research publications and student theses from different universities

7.ERIC Database (Education)

8.First Monday (Computer Science, IT, Library and Information Science)

9.Health Policy and Development (Public Health Policy, Politics, Planning and Management)

10.Institute of Development Studies

11.International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)- Media, and Communication Research, IT and Library Science.

12.Loyal Tropical Institute (Gender, HIV and AIDS, Culture, Governance, Health and Poverty, Librarianship, Maternal Health, Rural Innovation Systems, Decentralisation)

13.PBS (Program for Biosafety Systems- Agriculture)

14.RENEWAL (Regional Network on AIDS, Livelihoods and Food Security)

15.The Director of Open Access Repositories- OpenDOAR (Library and Information Science)

16.Uganda Legal Information Institute (Law)

17.Washington DC: Principles for free Access to Science (Scientific and Medical Literature)

18.World Bank E-Library (Development Economics and Policy Research Working Papers)