Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Ministry has drafted new guidelines to offer actionable guidance for safe reopening and running of education institutions and reduce the impact of the pandemic on teaching and learning. Although the government is yet to officially announce dates for the reopening of schools, …
Read More »Ugandan schools to reopen, UNEB exams set for March 2021
Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | All indications are that a dead year will not be declared, schools will reopen soon, and national exams usually set by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) in November and December, will likely go ahead, in March 2021. According to a letter recently written by the …
Read More »World Bank approves UGX 554Bn to support secondary education in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has approved a fund of $150 million (approximately 554 billion shillings) to enable greater access to higher-quality secondary education among Ugandan children in safer and better-equipped learning environments. The project dubbed Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project- USEEP is financed by an International …
Read More »Universities petition NCHE over e-learning guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Universities and other institutions of higher learning have asked the National Council for Higher Education to reconsider guidelines barring them from implementing e-learning teaching without all students. The idea of ensuring that the online mode of learning doesn’t exclude any continuing student was first …
Read More »Education ministry plans to deliver second phase of study materials
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports will this month deliver the second phase of the self-study materials for Primary and Secondary learners. As one of the best ways of ensuring continued learning at home during the lock down, the education Minister Janet Museveni proposed …
Read More »Vice Chancellors complete COVID-19 test, ready to meet Education minister
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vice Chancellors from both public and private universities have undergone a mandatory COVID-19 test ahead of their scheduled meeting with the Education and Sports Minister, Janet Kataha Museveni. A source told URN on Monday evening that the office of the Education Minister had sent …
Read More »Schools to open or not to open
COVID-19 Crisis exposes government weakness Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | June 22 should have seen the re-opening of schools across the country for the start of second term if a programme announced by the Minister of Education and Sports, First Lady Janet Museveni, was being followed. But schools are …
Read More »Education ministry appeals to schools to wait for reopening guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has advised administrators of schools and other educational institutions not to rush to set guidelines and dates on when they expect to reopen their gates for finalists. Recently, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who directed the closure of …
Read More »MANIFESTO: Govt to set up sanitary pads plant
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is planning to set up a factory to manufacture sanitary pads that will be distributed at no cost to all girls in school across the country. This will be in implementation of a presidential pledge to provide …
Read More »Gov’t education response plan is counter productive
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans have questioned the ability of the Education Response Plan to ensure that Ugandan children can stay safe while still acquiring knowledge in the comfort of their homes during the COVID-19 lockdown. The response plan is part of a framework outed by the Education …
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