Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is recommending demotion as one of the punishments that schools can commission against stubborn pupils, instead of corporal punishments. Henry Ssemakula, a senior education officer who heads the Health/HIV unit in the Ministry of Education said schools still …
Read More »Education Ministry proposing compulsory physical exercise in schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is drafting a school health policy to give guidelines on health issues that learners experience while in school. According to Henry Semakula, the Deputy head of the Health/HIV unit in the Ministry of Education, key among the issues they …
Read More »MPs criticise new teacher policy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament on the Education Committee have criticized a new policy by the Ministry of Education and Sports that requires all teachers without degrees to upgrade. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary Alex Kakooza said that the teachers …
Read More »Nwoya parents adamant to embrace school feeding program
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nwoya district education authorities are struggling to persuade parents to embrace school feeding programme, four years since the initiative was introduced. The Government through the Ministry of Education and Sports recognized that feeding is essential for keeping a child in school, reduce absenteeism, improve …
Read More »Government moves to phase out grade III & V teaching qualifications
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through the Ministry of Education and Sports is in a process of phasing out Grade III and Grade V teaching qualifications in favor of a bachelor’s degree in Education. Currently, the Grade III certificate is the minimum qualification for primary school teachers, …
Read More »Gov’t tasked to explain progress on provision of sanitary pads
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has tasked the Ministry of Education and Sports to present a report within three months on the progress on government’s plan to provide sanitary pads to school girls in primary school. Oulanyah made the directive on Tuesday …
Read More »Ministry of education top official tips parents, PLE stars
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commissioner in charge of Primary Education at the Ministry of Education and Sports Dr. Tony Mukasa – Lusambu has urged parents to give financial and related support to their school going children so they are able to score highly in examinations. He was speaking …
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