Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has directed the Ministry of Education and Sports to issue a circular to combat incidents of bullying by students in all schools in the country. Speaker Anita Among made the directive in her opening communication to the legislators during the plenary sitting on Thursday. It …
Read More »‘Release funds for seed secondary schools’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Re-voting of Shs80 billion has stalled construction of 15 seed secondary schools under the Uganda Inter-Government Fiscal Transfer Programme II (UGFIT), according to officials from the Ministry of Education and Sports. The officials led by the Minister of State for Education and Sports (Higher Education), John …
Read More »Psychiatric health officers urged on own Mental Health
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mental health workers have been urged to periodically do a mental health assessment for wellness as they go about their work. State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo says that owing to the high and growing threat of mental illness, the ministry has started …
Read More »Experts propose vending amid mixed opinion on school feeding
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts at Makerere University are proposing school vending as a measure to guarantee nutrition security for learners in primary school. The practice would allow schools to set up vending machines that sell consumer items and ensure that learners have options for alternative meals whenever they …
Read More »Education minister appeals to teachers to return for third term
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Chrysostom Muyingo, the State Mnister for Higher Education has appealed to teachers to fast prepare and return for the third term that opens on the September 4. Muyingo was speaking during the official opening of the national training workshop for the executive members of the …
Read More »MPs want head teachers punished over increased school fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators want head teachers of government-aided schools who increase fees without permission from the Ministry of Education and Sports reprimanded. The MPs on the Committee of Education and Sports made the demand while meeting officials from education ministry, led by the Minister of State for Higher …
Read More »Education commission attributes existence of ghost teachers to headteachers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Service Commission has attributed the existence of ghost teachers to headteachers. Recently, the commission started the validation process for teachers in post-primary institutions in the central region to clean up the payroll, establish the status of teachers and staffing gaps. This is meant …
Read More »Administrators allay fears over high cases of cough, flu in schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | School administrators have allayed fears that the high number of reported cases of flu and cough among learners might be related to COVID-19. This follows the high cases of persistent flu and cough registered among learners, especially in nursery and primary schools. Our reporters visited several …
Read More »Move gov’t scholarships to loan scheme – MPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to move funds for all government scholarships to the Student Loan Scheme under the Higher Education Financing Board for equal access by all students. Legislators said the current format in which scholarships are awarded favours …
Read More »Gov’t takes over Mountains of the Moon University
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has officially taken over Mountains of the Moon University in Fort Portal. In September, Parliament approved the takeover of the institution by the government. The State Minister for Higher Education told MPs that taking over the institution as a Public University would …
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