The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), Uganda has received financial support from the World Bank to support the implementation of two Skills Development projects. These projects are designed to support the MoES implement key reforms envisaged under the Skilling Uganda Strategic Plan. To effectively, deliver these key reforms under the Skilling Uganda Strategy requires urgent need for strengthening the organization and management of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET-MIS) and their future successor.

Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), is responsible for policy, financing, Licensing of private institutions, regulation & accreditation of TVET training & education. It performs its functions in collaboration with the national curriculum development centre (NCDC), directorate of education standards (DES) and several sector skills councils (SSC) and professional bodies. TVET is headed by the commissioner and assisted by 3 assistant commissioners in charge of business, Technical & vocational education & training respectively. It oversees operations & management of 146 government BTVET institutions and over 800 privately owned institutions. All the trainees in these institutions both government and private are nationally assessed and certified by the national assessment bodies including UBTEB, UAHEB, UNMEB and DIT.