CIRRICULUM VITAE

Full Name and Address:

Prosperous Nankindu Kavuma
Kyambogo University
Department of Languages and communication
P.O.BOX 1 Kyambogo
Kampala
Uganda- East Africa
Cell Phone: +256772633325
Email: [email protected]

1. OVERVIEW

a. Objective

To exploit professional and personal potential to the full while recognizing opportunity for
improving critical abilities, identify and maximize benefits of learning, partnering and
networking opportunities in all work engagements and build capacity for appreciation of
multiple fields of knowledge.

b. Profile
Dr. Prosperous Nankindu Kavuma (Mrs.) is a qualified language teacher / researcher with
considerable experience in indigenous language teaching and literacy acquisition among
early grade learners in multilingual situations. She is an enthusiastic pursuer of
opportunities for team membership, keen on lessons to learn out of all situations, an
individual with great ability for multitasking without losing focus of main issues and
desired goals. Gets along well with others at work and likes participating; is versatile,
enjoys identifying key tasks and most likely best implementers as well as users of

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 outcomes. She is keen on embracing new approaches to learning, doing and understand the
inherent challenges of these approaches. Has zeal for interdisciplinary approaches to
knowing.

2. EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS / COURSES AND INSTITUTIONS

a. Doctorate Studies in Linguistics (PhD Linguistics)

2011-2014; Pioneer PhD Student, Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research,
University of the Western Cape (UWC), Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

Thesis Title

Language in Education Policy and Literacy Acquisition in Multilingual Uganda: The case
of the Urban District of Kampala.

b. Masters of Education, Languages and Literature (MED- Luganda)

1999 – 2002; School of Education, Department of Language Education, Makerere

University, Kampala –Uganda-East Africa.

Thesis title

Teaching Aids and the Teaching of Ganda Culture at Advanced level

Major areas of study

 Qualitative and Quantitative research Methods
 The structure of Luganda language (morphology, phonology, syntax and
semantics)
 Discourse Analysis
 Curriculum and Materials Development
 Methodology of Teaching Language and Literature
 Gender in Language and Literature.
 Psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics.
 Literary Interpretation
 Data Analysis

c. Bachelor of Arts with Education ( History and Luganda)

1996 – 1999; Makerere University, Kampala- Uganda

Major areas of study

 Foundations of Education
 The study of language
 History of East Africa since 1800
 Educational psychology
 History of Africa

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  European History
 Translation
 Introduction to Research
 History of Uganda
 Special methods of teaching (Luganda and History)
 Curriculum Design and Development
 School / Teaching practice.

d. Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (U.A.C.E), Uganda National Examination

Board (UNEB)
1994 – 1996; St. Joseph’s S.S Kakindu, Mityana- Uganda

e. Uganda Certificate of Education (U.C.E), Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB)

1990 – 1993; Mityana S.S Namukozi, Mityana -Uganda

3. SPECIAL PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS /ACTIVITIES ATTENDED

 12 – 17 December; Participated in the Salzburg Global Seminar, Session 586, Springboard

for Talent: Language Learning and Integration in a Globalized World.

 7th - 11th August, 2017; 35th Conference of the Association for Education Assessment in
Africa (AEAA) on the theme: Enhancing Efficiency and Effectiveness in Educational
Assessment in an Era of Rapid Change, Speke Resort, Munyonyo, Kampala- Uganda.

 1st - 26th February 2016; Learning Assessments: Organized online by the UNESCO
International Institute for Educational Planning.

 17th - 19th October 2013; Colloquium: African Story Book Project, University of
Stellenbosch,Cape Town, South Africa.

 2nd-5th April 2013; 4th Annual National Early Childhood Development Stakeholders
Retreat, Colline Hotel Mukono, Organised by National Council of Children with support
from UNICEF and Plan Uganda.

 9th-10th July 2011; Leadership Workshop, University of Botswana, Gaborone-Botswana

organized and funded by the International Reading Association (IRA)

 2nd - 18th May 2011; OSSREA Research Methodology Training Workshop series for
Doctoral Candidates, second round on the theme: Quantitative and Qualitative methods in
Social Science research scheduled in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 20th July 2008; Intensive critical writing skills training on Project Proposal, Report and
Curriculum vitae organized by International Reading Association (IRA); International
Development Africa Committee (IDAC)

Topics covered

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  The rationale for writing proposal(s)
 Types of proposals
 Situational Analysis and Project Identification
 Setting Project Goal(s) and Objectives
 Gathering vital information for writing competent project proposals.
 The structure of Project Proposal and Report writing
 The mechanisms of proposal writing
 Understanding Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
 The Logical Framework (LOG FRAME)
 Report writing skills
 Writing job winning C.V
 Practical Application.

 14th – 18th January, 2008; Course: Introduction to HIV / AIDS care for school teachers.
This was organized by the Mildmay Centre Uganda, funded by centre for Disease Control and
Prevention in conjunction with Mildmay International, an organization known for HIV / AIDS
Prevention, Care and Training.

 13th – 17th August 2007; Disclosing to children living with or affected by HIV/ AIDS. This
training was organized by Mildmay Jajja’s Home Children’s Programme funded by Mildmay
International and Uganda Global Fund.

 17th October 2006; Certificate of Proficiency in English. Makerere University, Institute of

Languages.

4. RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

a. Teaching experience

 2010 1st April—To Date: Lecturer Kyambogo University (KYU), Kampala-Uganda, East
Africa, Modules; LL 315: Luganda and Gender, LL 212: Translation. KYU is in charge of
Teacher Education in Uganda. It has the mandate to oversee all the Primary Teachers’
Colleges (Certificate Awarded) and National Teachers’ College (Diploma Awarded) in the
country. It also trains teachers and other professionals at degree and graduate levels.

 2010 15th July- 2013: Professional Tutor University of the Western Cape, Department of
Linguistics, Modules; LCS 213: Functional Grammar, LCS 111: Introduction to Language and
Communication and Society & LCS 212:

 2003 –2010 March: Assistant Lecturer, Kyambogo University, which is in charge of Teacher
Education in Uganda. It has the mandate to oversee all the Primary Teachers’ Colleges
(Certificate Awarded) and National Teachers’ College (Diploma Awarded) in the country. It
also trains teachers and other professionals at degree and graduate levels.

Main duties

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  Teaching in-service and pre-service undergraduate students, Department of
Languages and Communication who are taking Luganda Language as one of the
subjects.
 Supervising Research for undergraduate students; Bachelor of Arts in Arts,
Bachelor of Arts with Education and Bachelor of Education Degrees.
 Supervising Kyambogo University students during school / teaching practice.
 Developing programmes and curriculum for secondary teachers colleges.
 External moderation of National Teachers’ colleges Examinations.

 2001 – 2005; Teacher SOS Hermann Gmeinner Schools Kakiri (Primary and Secondary)
which is under SOS Uganda; an independent, non–governmental social development
organization that has been working to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of
children since 1949. SOS provides family based care for children without parents or at a risk
of losing the care of their parents.

Skills attained
 Handling children with psycho social problems.
 Working with people with different backgrounds.
 Team work

 1999 – 2001; English Teacher, Bombo Army Secondary School. The school is under the
Ministry of Defense, Uganda Government. The school was opened mainly to cater for
National Resistance Army ex-soldiers and their children.

Skills attained
 Adult Literacy
 Handling traumatized learners
 Working in a multicultural environment

b. Translation Experience

 December 2009; Translated from English into Luganda a brochure for the Cross Cultural
Foundation of Uganda, a Non Governmental Organization with a vision of ‘Promoting the
recognition of culture as vital for human development’, the brochure was about pluralism.
 July to September 2009; Translated (from English into Luganda) and edited (with other two
members) the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural
Heritage.
 2008; Translated from English into Luganda a brochure; Citizens Action Project: Citizens
Action for Accountable WATSAN services in the slums of Kawempe -Kampala City-Uganda.
It was about water and sanitation services by Community Integrated Development Initiative
(CIDI) a Non-Government Organization in Uganda.

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  2007 ;Translated (with a UNESCO officer) from English into Luganda a brochure for
UNESCO on Revitalization of Bark cloth making in Uganda, a UNESCO /Japanese funds-in-
trust project for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage.
 2005; Proposed and coordinated the translation of the Thematic Curriculum from English into
Luganda for The Uganda National Curriculum Development Centre-Uganda.
 2001 and 2004; Translator and interpreter, candidature files of the Oral and Intangible
Heritages of Humanity, Uganda National Commission of UNESCO.

c. Research Experience

 2015- On-going: Member, Consultative Committee on the preparation of The East African
Community Cultural and Creative Industries Bill.

 2012 28th May- 27th July: Researcher, World Bank Qualitative Research Project on female
crossover business owners in Katwe and Kisenyi, Kampala Uganda-East Africa

 December 14th-15th 2006: Researcher, “The role of culture in HIV/ AIDS transmission, care
and prevention among female youth in Kyambogo University-Uganda. Self driven research
and paper presented in an annual conference organized by the Uganda Society on the theme”
The Role of Research and Technology in the attainment of millennium Development Goals”

 2004: Cultural Research specialist, on the preparation of the candidature file of the oral and
intangible heritages of humanity for the Uganda National Commission of UNESCO on the file
for “Bark cloth making in Uganda.”
 2001: Cultural Research consultant, on the preparation of the candidature file of the oral
and intangible heritages of humanity for the Uganda National Commission of UNESCO.
5. PAPERS PRESENTED
 “2015: 25th and 26th March; Mother Tongue teaching and Learning in Uganda: The link
in Literacy Development; prospects and challenges” at the Annual National Literacy
Conference organized by the Reading Association of Uganda.
 2015: 5th 6th and 7th February, 10h45-12h45; “Language in Education in Uganda: The
policy, the actors and the practices” an international conference on the theme “Governing
schools in the Global South”, organised by Les Afriques dans le monde, Center de recherché
pluridisciplinaires et comparatistes, University of Bordeaux, Pessac Cedex France.

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 2014: 28th March, 5:30pm; “Language in Education Policy in Uganda: Analysing policy
instruments, projections beyond 2015 and key areas for research” organised by British
Association for Literacy in Development (BALID) at King’s College London, 68 Franklin-
Wilkins Building, Waterloo Bridge Wing, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 9NH.
 2014: 23rd March, 12.00pm: “Language, Learning and Literacy in Sub Saharan Africa”
organised by the Centre for Commonwealth Education, Faculty of Education, University of
Cambridge, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ.
 2013: 17th October, 10:00-10:50hours; “Language in Education in Uganda: Analysis of
policy instruments, projections beyond 2015 and key areas for research” on the theme
“Opportunity, Equity and Identity beyond 2015” at the 10th International Language and
Development Conference, hosted by British Council in Cape Town, South Africa between 15 -
17 October 2013.
 2013 13th August, 12pm-12:30pm; “Pedagogies for Teaching Reading to Multilingual
Early Grade Learners in Uganda: A case of Kampala Urban District” on the theme
“Literacy and Language of Instruction”, at the 8 th Pan African Conference on Reading for All,
organised by the International Reading Association, the World’s Leading Organization of
Literacy Professionals, based in Newark Delaware, USA. Conference venue was University of
Nairobi, Science Campus.
 2013 14th February; “A unified standard orthography of Eastern Interlacustrine Bantu
Languages: Monograph series No. 68”, of the ongoing CASAS Africa-wide Harmonisation
and Standardisation of African Languages Project, to academic staff members of Kyambogo
University, Department of Languages and Communication.
 2012 19th May; “Teaching writing in an urban UPE school in Uganda”, on the theme
“write 2 read across the curriculum”, Conference for teachers, students and researchers.
Organised by the Reading Association of South Africa (RASA), Western Cape. Cape
Peninsula University of Technology, ICT Centre.
 2009 June; “Teaching language in a competitive global environment”, Annual Luganda
language teachers’ conference. Makerere University, School of Education.
 2007 June; “The teacher teaching in the HIV/AIDS era” on the theme “Teaching language
through research”, Annual Luganda language teachers’ conference. Makerere University,
School of Education.

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 2006 June; “Integrated teaching/learning on HIV/AIDS” Annual Luganda language
teachers conference.
 December 2006; “The role of culture in HIV/ AIDS transmission care and prevention
among female youth in Kyambogo University”, Uganda Society.
 2005 March; “Teaching Culture” Annual Luganda language teachers’ conference.
 2004 February; “Preparing a Luganda language teaching syllabus for Ordinary level”
Annual Luganda language teachers’ conference.
 2003 March; “The role of a Luganda Teacher in Nation Building” on the theme
“Integrated-Functional Approach; The basis of Change” Annual Luganda language teachers’
conference.
 2002 February; “Livening the teaching of Luganda through integration” Annual Luganda
language teachers conference.
 2001 February; “Testing learners on the various language skills” Annual Luganda language
teachers’ conference.
6. PUBLICATIONS
 Contesting Language Choices In Uganda: English As A High Value Language (2015).
Book Title: Changing Roles of English in Eastern Africa. COMMON GROUND
PUBLISHING LLC of University of Illinois Research Park, 2001 South First St, Suite 202
Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
 Reading Instructional Pedagogies for Multilingual Early Grade Learners in Uganda: A
case of Kampala Urban District. (2015). International Journal of Literacy and Development,
ISSN No: 2312-4938,VOL.2 NO.1
 Language in Education in Uganda: The Policy, the actors and the practices. A case of the
Urban District of Kampala. (2015). PARIPEX-Indian Journal Of Research, ISSN No: 2250-
1991 (Impact Factor: 3.4163), VOL.4, ISSUE 5
 Language Policy and its Impact on Multilingual Education in Uganda. (Forthcoming and
Co-authored with FRED Masagazi Masaazi). Journal of Education Policy (JEP).

7. PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNAL ACTIVITIES

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 2015 October 12 to Date; Minister of State for Education, Buganda Kingdom, Bulange,
Mengo, P.O. Box 7451, Kampala-Uganda, East Africa. Web: www.buganda.or.ug, Email:
[email protected]
 2014 -2015; Chairperson, Youth Leaders Retreats Committee, Buganda Kingdom,
Bulange- Mengo.
 2011 to date; Youth Representative, Mengo-Lukiiko, Buganda Kingdom, Bulange-
Mengo.
 2010 January- 2015 December; Council Member, Buganda Royal Institute of Business
and Technical Education.
 2010 December -2012 December; President, Reading Council of Central Uganda, it is
under the International Reading Association. Its fundamental principles are: Researching,
scrutinizing and documenting the role of positive literature in the development processes and
Advocating for a policy framework that supports the inclusion of advancing the quality of
literacy instruction and research for a sustainable and equitable development.
 2006 to date; Volunteer and Technical advisor, Kayunga Home Basic Care, a Non
Governmental Organization which was established to cater for orphans and vulnerable
children in Malangala sub-county, Busujju county, Mityana district –Uganda.
 2003 to 2008; Member, of the culture committee Uganda National commission for
UNESCO.
 2002 to 2004; Youth Representative, Busujju County to Buganda Kingdom Youth Council.
Buganda kingdom is located in the central part of Uganda, in the Eastern part of Africa.
 1997/98; Peer Counsellor (Ssenga), Makerere University, Kampala-Uganda, Baganda
Nkobazambogo Students’ Association.
8. CONSULTANCIES / SPECIAL ACTIVITIES DONE
 7th April 2015 and 15th July 2015; Consultancy with Twaweza East Africa to review samples
of the 2015 Uwezo tests developed by the Luganda test development panel, during the pre-
tests and after the piloting of tools.
 21st November 2009; Coordinated (on behalf of International Reading Association) a skills
development workshop for students of Kyambogo University.
 7th-17th March 2008; Senior Reporteur, 2nd Afro-Arab Youth Festivals at Munyonyo,
Kampala- Uganda.

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  2007 October Organized a one day workshop on Language usage in the media, for Kyambogo
University students for the Department of languages and Literature.
 2007 May, Organized a one day workshop on Thematic Curriculum for Kyambogo University
students for the Department of languages and Literature.
9. GRANTS AND AWARDS
 March 2010; Grant for Literacy Projects in Countries with Developing
Economies: International Reading Association, Newark Delaware.
Project Title: Luganda Language Reading at a Fire Place (Ekyoto) USD2, 462.00
10. RECOGNITIONS
 2008; Certificate of Merit, awarded by Kyambogo University Luganda Language Students
Association.
 2004; Certificate of Recognition, awarded by SOS Children’s Villages Uganda.
 2004; Certificate of Merit, awarded by SOS Children’s Villages Uganda.
 2003; Certificate of Excellence, awarded by SOS Children’s Villages Uganda.
11. MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
 Member British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE)
 Member International Reading Association (IRA), Newark Delaware.
 Member Reading Council of Central Uganda (RCCU), Kampala Uganda.
12. REFEREES
1. Felix Banda, Senior Professor
Head Department of Linguistics
University of Western Cape,
Private Bag X17,
Bellville, 7535, Cape-Town, South Africa
(021)959-2380 (tel)
(021)959-1212 (fax)
Website: WWW.uwc.ac.za
Emil: [email protected]
2. Dr. Rebecca .F. Kirunda (PhD)
Head Department of Languages & Communication
Kyambogo University

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 Kampala Uganda
Email: [email protected]

11. DECLARATION
I, the undersigned declare that the above information is true to the best of my knowledge in all
respect.

Signature: Nankindu Prosperous Date: 10 March 2015

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