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IUIU Lecturer Presents Research Online at the Asian Conference on Education (ACE 2025) in Tokyo, Japan.

• 28th November, 2025 3:28pm

The Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) is pleased to announce that Ms. Nagadya Hamidah, Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, delivered a research presentation at the Asian Conference on Education (ACE 2025), held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23–28 November 2025. 

The conference was organized in partnership with the International Academic Forum (IAFOR) and brought together scholars, educators, and researchers from across the globe to discuss innovations and emerging trends in education.

Ms. Nagadya presented her study titled “Bridging the Competence Gap in Ugandan Undergraduate Legal Education” on 28th November 2025 through a virtual session. 

Her research highlights a significant challenge within Uganda’s higher education landscape: although competence-based curricula have been adopted at the secondary level, undergraduate law programs continue to rely heavily on fragmented, theory-driven curricula. 

This approach often results in graduates who possess strong theoretical knowledge but lack crucial professional skills such as advocacy, legal drafting, ethical reasoning, and client-centered practice.

Guided by educational theory, sociological theory, and human capital theory, her qualitative, doctrinal study examined:

The current structure of undergraduate law curricula in Ugandan universities.

Gaps resulting from non-competence-based curriculum models.

Reforms needed to align legal education with Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4): Quality Education.

The study’s findings emphasize the urgent need for a harmonized, competence-based law curriculum capable of producing practice-ready graduates and enhancing Uganda’s alignment with international education standards.

The University congratulates Ms. Nagadya on this important academic achievement and commends her contributions to advancing legal education research at both national and international levels.