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    Language in education policy and literacy acquisition in multilingual Uganda: a case study of the urban district of Kampala interview guide for library staff.
    (Non-published work, 2014-05) Nankindu, Prosperous
    This research thesis, “Language in Education Policy and Literacy Acquisition in Multilingual Uganda”, sought to understand how a monoglot policy is implemented in a multilingual setting within the urban district of Kampala. A case study approach to understanding current practices was undertaken. The views of stakeholders towards the implementation of the language policy on the use of English as the medium of instruction (MoI) were investigated. For this study the language in education policy referred to is the one in the 1992 Uganda Government White Paper on Education. The focus of this study is on the use of English only as the MoI from Primary one throughout the primary school cycle in urban areas in Uganda. This chapter gives a full background to the current study on language in education policy and literacy acquisition in multilingual Uganda with the urban district of Kampala as the case study. Specifically the chapter gives a description of the research site, the history of educational language policies in Uganda, the primary school curriculum and the education system in Uganda. The other key issues worked out in the chapter are: the research problem, purpose, objectives, research questions, assumptions, limitations, scope, significance, justification, definition of terms and lastly the outline of the other chapters.
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    Itikadi za kiuana katika methali za kinyankole na Kiswahili
    (Kenyatta, 2023-02) Lubuuka, Yunusu
    This research examines gender ideologies in Ankole and Swahili proverbs. The study intended to demonstrate how gender ideologies present gender relations through consent and persuasion between men and women. Ideological beliefs among people, have power of persuasion which makes them to consent to their positions and gender roles on the basis of their sex. Beliefs and attitudes in their day today relations clog in their minds and take things for granted. These beliefs about gender relations which are influenced by consent and persuasion, are rooted in society that is male dominated. This has been arrived at by studying gender relations and how they manifest in gender ideologies. Also, the researcher has critically analyzed proverbs to bring out ideological contradictions and their effects on gender equality through Ankole and Swahili proverbs. To the best of the researcher’s knowlege, there was no in-depth scholary analysis that had been done before that showed gender ideologies present gender relations through consent and persuasion between men and women. This research sought to fill this gap. Proverbs presenting gender ideologies written in four selected Ankole and Swahili anthropology books purposively to satisfy the aim of the study were selected and analyzed. These books are; Enfumu z’omurunyankore Rukiga by Saite (1989), Kamusi ya Methali za Kiswahili by King’ei na Ndaru (1989), Kamusi ya Methali by Wamitila (2001) na Dafina Hazina ya Kiswahili (Seif Al Habsy, 2012). Library data has been collected from books of anthropoloies. Collected data included proverbs presenting gender ideologies in Ankole and Swahili communities. This study has been both a library and a field one. The theories of Ideology, African based Feminism and Deconstructionism have been used. The Ideological theory guided this study as a major theory to analyze different gender ideologies in Ankole and Swahili proverbs and to assess how ideologies influence gender relations by consent and through persuasion. This theoretical perspective has been used to understand clearly the gender ideologies, gender relations, and gendered roles and how those gender ideologies impact on gender equality in Ankole and Swahili proverbs. African based Feminism theory (Steady 1981) has been used. The theory basically focuses on gender equality without discrimination of human beings on the basis of their biological creation. Also, the theory delves into the existing gender differences which are a creation of social practices socially, politically and culturally. This theoretical approach has been used to study clearly gender ideologies, gender relations in relation to roles carried out, rights of women and how those ideologies impact on gender equality through Ankole and Swahili proverbs. The Deconstructionism theory (Abrams na Harpham 2014) has guided this study to analyse the contradictions in proverbs and their impact on gender equality presented in Ankole and Swahili proverbs depicting gender ideologies. This theory has helped in a thorough analysis of proverbs in presenting various meanings which present gender contradictions. Interview guide and recording gadgets were used to collect data from individual respondents and focus groups in the districts of Kiruhura and Sheema in western Uganda and the coastal towns of Mombasa, Lamu, and Zanzibar. Purposive sampling has been used to identify and interview the respondents who are scholars and experts, women and men of average age. Data has been analysed qualitatively and then presented in accordance with the objectives of the study guided by the adopted theories. Eventually, the study has demonstrated how gender ideologies present gender relations through consent and persuasion that exist between men and women. Also, the study has been able to bring out gender ideology contradictions and their impact on gender equality in Ankole and Swahili proverbs.