The Open Distance and e-Learning (OdeL), a new education system in Uganda will assist students, who are willing to study at home.
The African Visual University of Nairobi-Kenya has designed the system with the sponsorship from the African Development Bank (ADB). Kyambogo University will unveil the programme, which will run in 10 universities across Africa. These universities include Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar, Senegal, Ethiopia, Uganda and Somalia. The first subjects to be taught under the programme are Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Information Communication Technology. The ODeL centre is setting up a satellite station at Kyambogo for the programme.
