Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen. Mugisha Muntu Gregg, the Alliance For National Transformation-ANT presidential candidate has pledged to uplift the standards of education in the country and make agriculture a profitable venture. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network in an interview over the weekend in Kitgum municipality, Gen Muntu says …
Read More »REPORT: Health, education and tourism hit hard by COVID-19
✳ 🇺🇬 Pop 45.7 million ✳ 46% of them aged 0-14 ✳ Life expectancy 64 years ✳ Maternal Mortality Ratio 375/100k ✳ Aged 0-14yrs – 46% ✳ Aged 10-24yrs – 34.5% ✳ Aged 15-64yrs – 52% ✳ Aged 65+ – 2% ✳ Life expectancy 64yr Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT …
Read More »World Bank gives Uganda sh1.4 trillion loan for Health Centre IIIs, schools
Govt to Borrow SH1.4 Trillion to Fast-Track Pledge on Seed Schools, Health Centres Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is set to borrow over sh1.4 trillion under two separate projects that will see the realization of two long waited pledges of having a public secondary school and health …
Read More »Ministry of Education warns schools on mock UNEB examinations
Ismael Mulindwa the Director Basic and Secondary Education says that they have received reports of schools charging parents money for mocks Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Education has warned schools against giving external mock examinations to learners as they wait to sit for their UNEB finals. In …
Read More »Health Ministry baffled by reports of COVID-19 cases in schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has started investigations of the source of COVID-19 infections in schools following a number of cases reported in Masaka and Gulu districts. The development comes after 45 students from several educational institutions reportedly tested positive for the virus in Masaka …
Read More »Gulu district prepares Shs 30 Billion budget
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district local government has laid out a proposed budget of 30 billion shillings for 2020/2021 financial year with health and education as top priorities. The budget was laid out in a two days district budget conference which started on Wednesday morning and concluded on …
Read More »NRM promises free feeding for all schoolkids and to scrap all fees in public schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM is proposing to introduce a national school feeding programme and remove of all forms of school fees for learners in public schools. The two ideas are among the list of proposals in the education sector highlighted in the party manifesto for …
Read More »Parliamentary candidates in Acholi make big promises to voters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent parliamentary candidates in the Acholi sub-region are promising to address the challenges in the education and health sectors. 52 independent candidates are contesting for various parliamentary seats in Gulu, Omoro, Nwoya and Amuru district. The rest are flag bearers of different political parties which …
Read More »Galogitho: Makerere buried me alive
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stephen Galogitho has lived to tell a story of agony and frustration, navigating through a future that was dashed after his dismissal from Makerere University 25 years ago. The journey of his ruined hope started on October 1996. Galogitho was the in …
Read More »Rural children losing interest in learning as pandemic rages
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A government-supported survey casts a looming expansion of the education and prosperity gap between rural and urban children caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, the government directed the closure of all schools and tertiary institutions sending home more than 12 million children until …
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