Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of education tabled seven strategies as proposals for the safe reopening of schools during a virtual meeting that attracted several stakeholders. The stakeholders that included school proprietors, education umbrella organizations, and international school representatives all agreed on the strategies that were presented. Among …
Read More »SCHOOLS: Plan to close boarding sections in Primary
📌 The suggested 3-year plan to harmonize school calendar ✳ Terms 12 weeks ✳ Holidays 15-17 days ✳ No exams ✳ 2021 was to start August 9 ✳ 2022 starts May 16 ✳ 2023 starts April 10 ✳ 2024 starts February Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of …
Read More »Decision to discard board members as signatories in gov’t aided schools backfires
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by the Ministry of Education and Sports to remove board members or members of the governing council as signatories to the accounts of government-aided schools and institutions has backfired throwing the ministry into chaos. Two weeks, ago, the new permanent Secretary Ministry of …
Read More »How teachers were duped into paying loans they never acquired
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Department has identified cases of fraud and forgeries by managers of saving schemes that were meant to benefit from the teachers revolving fund. These were unearthed as part of the investigations into the embezzlement of 11 out of the 25 billion Shillings …
Read More »Health, education ministry clash over vaccination of learners above 18 years
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports and the Health Ministry have clashed over who should be vaccinated in the education sector as the country looks at reopening of educational institutions. In a press release issued yesterday, the Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni …
Read More »Gov’t rolls out radio lessons for primary six, secondary learners
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has rolled out another round of radio lessons, as part of its efforts to ensure continuity of learning during school closures. This time around, the lessons will be taking care of learners in primary six and all classes at …
Read More »Education ministry warns medical schools against concealing Covid-19 cases
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has warned administrators of medical schools against concealing COVID-19 infection cases ahead of their reopening next week. On 18 June, President Museveni re-imposed the second lockdown in the country, closing all education institutions of learning, public gatherings and banned …
Read More »Education experts concerned about finding competent teachers after lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government might find it hard to re-align the education sector due to lack of competent teachers resulting from the continued closure of schools, experts have warned. While the closure of schools has managed to contain the spread of COVID-19, educationists are worried that the country …
Read More »FDC calls for separation of ministry of sports from education
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opposition political party, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has called upon government to create a separate ministry of sports by splitting it from the ministry of education. Speaking to reporters today at the party headquarters at Najjanankumbi, John Kikonyogo, the deputy spokesperson said that …
Read More »UNEB records improved performance in UCE
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education, Science and Sports has released Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination results for the year 2020 indicating an improvement in the general performance of candidates. According to the results released on Friday at State House Nakasero by the Minister of Education, …
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