**5.10 Strategies to scale up for the HEAC**

FAWE-U has declared her stand to support the adoption of HEAC by all universities in Uganda in addition to expanding the programme to other countries in Africa, to develop standardized curriculum, and promoting inclusion of marginalized groups. The undersigned are some of the strategies FAWE-U envisages to scale up HEAC. First, to continue supporting adoption of HEAC by all 54 universities in the country. The immediate target has been all 12 public universities in the country. FAWE-U is also working with the private universities to support the adoption of HEAC. Currently FAWE-U is rolling out HEAC in Rwanda, an East African Community Country with a pilot at INES-Ruhengeri University. Furthermore, FAWE-U intends to support 10 MasterCard Foundation partner universities in Africa to adopt HEAC in their programmes. Another strategy is to roll out the HEAC program in eight other countries in Africa by 2030 namely: the Democratic Republic Congo-DRC, Mali, Ethiopia, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. A standard curriculum is being developed that meets international standards is being developed and is to be tailored to national curriculum requirements of different countries. Lastly, strategies are being worked upon to strengthen the inclusion component of the HEAC program to encourage the enrolment of marginalized groups including more women, refugees/IDPs and youth with disabilities.

### **5.11 Emerging issues**

First, this study indicates that the HEAC curriculum was reviewed by the National Council for Higher Education together with the FAWE-U technical working group in Uganda. Relatedly, a new draft HEAC Curriculum which bridges both Arts and Science programs was developed. Thirdly, the new draft Programme will be presented to the key stakeholders for validation. Another emerging issue is the adherence to a standardized HEAC Curriculum across the Universities adopting the programme.
