Tag Archives: Janet Museveni

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni has apologized for any misunderstanding with parliament, as government rolls out of the lower secondary school curriculum. She explained in a statement why her ministry continued roll out of the lower secondary school curriculum contrary to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni met the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga ahead of the discussion on the new lower secondary school curriculum in parliament. The Education and Sports Minister, Janet Museveni was expected to deliver a statement on the revised curriculum, which has been subject of …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni is going to embark on a national tour to ‘investigate variances in school dues across the country. Mrs Museveni said this during a meeting with secondary school’s head teachers, principals of Business Technical and Education Training …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Minister of Education Janet Museveni to appear before Parliament and explain steps taken on the MPs resolution to halt the implementation of the new revised lower secondary curriculum. MPs want Janet Museveni referred to Disciplinary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a lot of uncertainty over the implementation of the new lower secondary school curriculum with less than ten days to the formal kick off of senior 1 classes. Early this week, Parliament halted the implementation of the new lower secondary curriculum whose …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  There’s been an increase in completion rates in business and technical examinations according to the results released by the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB).  According to the results that were released on Friday, a total of 5,251 candidates that sat for examinations in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has summoned the Education Minister to address Parliament about the revised lower secondary curriculum scrapping term examinations. Oulanyah made the directive on Friday after Igara East MP Michael Mawanda questioned several issues in the revised curriculum whose implementation starts next …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The slow court process is hindering the fight against examination malpractice. According to Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB, more than 100 people have been arrested in relation to examination malpractice since 2017, but less than 30 cases have been completed. Dan Odongo, the UNEB executive secretary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Disagreements are hindering the construction of seed secondary schools in sub-counties. Statistics from the Education Ministry indicates that there are 615 sub-counties in Uganda that have no government secondary schools. Of these sub-counties, 228 are government-aided. Government was expected to construct secondary schools under a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni says that there is a need for a well-funded national project to sustain the provision of free sanitary pads. Janet Museveni was on Thursday responding to queries by Members of Parliament sitting on the Education Committee …