John Kale Institute of Science and Technology (JKIST) a strategy of Continental Education Strategy for Africa 

Continental Education Strategy for Africa, is strategy driven by the desire to set up a qualitative system of education and training to provide the African continent with efficient human resources adapted to African core values as enshrined in agenda 2063 and therefore capable of achieving the vision and ambitions of the African Union. 

Quality education is imperative if Africa has to attain this vision, generate home-grown solutions to African challenges and participate fully in, and influence the global knowledge economy, the need to invest heavily in education as it is paramount to our continent’s future.

We need to build education, training and innovative ecosystems that have local relevance, global competitiveness and mutual recognition to enable us to equip the African citizenry with the necessary knowledge and skills needed to build the Africa we want as identified in Africa’s blue print for development Agenda 2063.

We need to help Africa tap into scientific inventions and discoveries that are happening around the world, and step up investments in scientific research so as to enable Africans to be producers of knowledge rather than consumers by embracing the advancement in technology and equipping the youth with relevant knowledge and skills the 21st century demands.

The Pan African Conference on Education (PACE 2018) calls on National Education Policies to integrate Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA) and SDG 4 commitments

It is time for us as young people to share our experiences on education and our advocacy in different national contexts; to integrate into the global and African education agenda ideas and innovations by young people; and to make recommendations for broad engagement of young people in education reforms and research in Africa for example having JKIST.

If we focus on inclusive education, gender equality and gender-responsive education; education financing; youth inclusion in sector reform and dialogue; integrating education in conflict and post conflict situations, including education of refugee children and youth; leveraging technology and strengthening education information systems Uganda will best country.

who is john kale

Kale was born 1932 to a parish chief and was a grandson to a renowned elder in Bufumbira Yokobo Rwanyonga. He studied at Mutorere Primary School in Kisoro district and joined Kitabi Seminary in Bushenyi. He then went to St. Mary’s College Kisubi in 1951 for secondary education.

The slender and tall Kale enrolled at Makerere University College in 1952 to study Veterinary Medicine. He was involved in student politics at Makerere where he was Vice Chairman of Students Guild Council.

Kale is talked about as having been a very articulate and resilient youth. In 1955 Kale attended an international union of students’ leadership course held in Vienna. He, however, extended his stay abroad addressing international community on the need for self-government to the chagrin of the protectorate government. He took up an active role at UNC’s offices in Katwe where he worked with other volunteers like Paulo Muwanga and Samson Sekabanja.

Kale then joined Katwe People’s Council militants that had elements like Kizito-Bulwada. These UNC volunteers joined other Ugandans to oppose the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in 1954. Kale who had attended Cadet Corps Center training at St. Mary’s College Kisubi and together with his group managed to steal thirty assault rifles and six hundred round of ammunition from Kisubi armory which they wanted to use to deal with the colonial government. The guns were however recovered from them before the queen’s visit.

Kale would later be appointed UNC Secretary for Foreign Affairs and was posted in Cairo Egypt. He trekked from Uganda to Khartoum in Sudan where and got a flight to Cairo in 1957 represent UNC at the first Afro-Asia Solidarity Conference. His anti colonial movements brought him close to other Pan Africanists like former Egyptian President Abdul Nasser Jamal.

“Having negotiated the support to the cause of Uganda’s independence from political committee of the Arab league, John Kale initiated in June and July 1958 from his exile base in Cairo the militant revolution to finally oust British rule from Uganda (with one year by 1959).”

Fellow youth let us mobilize and demand quality education e.g Pan African site in kisoro for our inspiration John Kalekyezi

We will work to ensure our in-country activities lead to a world where all children and young people no matter their gender, status or color have access to quality education.

I have established country networks and will be following up with Plan to have Jkist very soon in Nyakabande where great hero was burried.