Tag Archives: Ministry of Education

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a growing concern on the use of the abridged curriculum with schools and teachers raising eminent issues which seem to have been ignored by the authorities in the Ministry of Education and Sports. Whereas the ministry is rooting for a compressed or an …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development-IGAD have started training teachers in refugee-hosting communities. The teachers from Kyangwali, Kyaka II Rwamwanja, Bidi Bidi, and Nakivale resettlement camps are being taught psychosocial support, life skills, and ICT skills. Speaking on Saturday at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is under the spotlight to explain where it obtained the funds used to print and distribute the first batch of self study materials in 2020, following the nationwide closure of schools. The government sent home about 15million learners as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A government decision to allow breastfeeding teenagers in school has uncovered a deep clash between social norms, religious beliefs, and human rights in Uganda. Following an increase in teen pregnancies during the recent COVID-19 lockdown that left learners at home for close to two years, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is bothered about the few schools that are reporting COVID-19 surveillance figures, two weeks after the reopening of schools across the country. According to data from the health ministry, only 775 schools (approximately 2.5 per cent) out of an estimated 30,519 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to move funds for all government scholarships to the Student Loan Scheme under the Higher Education Financing Board for equal access by all students. Legislators said the current format in which scholarships are awarded favours …

Budaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Primary six pupils of Nyanza 1 Primary School in Kakoli sub-county, Budaka district have rejected automatic promotion to Primary seven because they did not complete the syllabus. Last month, the Ministry of Education said that all learners will automatically be promoted to the next class …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teachers in different schools in Kasese district are struggling to decide the content to teach the learners because of the delayed delivery of the abridged curriculum by the Ministry of Education. Our reporter visited some schools and found teachers taking the learners through revisions and …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu District Education Department has tasked all headteachers in primary and secondary schools to offer psychosocial support to pregnant girls and teenage mothers who will resume studies next week. The directive issued during a meeting with all school headteachers in Gulu city is aimed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education has halted the requirement for learners to undergo mandatory COVID-19 testing before being allowed to access schools as education institutions reopen next week. With the surge in COVID-19 cases registered in the country, managers of several boarding schools especially in the …