Tag Archives: Ministry of Education

Teachers have been suffering from anxiety about the future and economic uncertainty Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of private schools have asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to offer psychosocial support to teachers. Since March 2020 when the government closed all educational institutions following the outbreak of Covid-19, teachers …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A section of private schools are worried about the government’s delay to release the school calendar. The Ministry of Education has been adjusting the school calendar due to the circumstances brought by the pandemic. In June, the government closed schools for the second time forcing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has embarked on reviewing the current status of school facilities ahead of reopening in January. Following the closure of schools due to the covid-19 outbreak, there has been deterioration of school facilities. In Nakasongola, at least 1,500 pupils may …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Second Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Moses Ali, has announced government’s plan to rehabilitate and expand public secondary schools across the country, cognizant of the dilapidated structures in schools. Ali, also Deputy Leader of Government Business, said that the Ministry of Education and Sports has prepared …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Oct.27, the Chairperson of the Public Accountants Examinations Board, Geoffrey Byamugisha and Derrick Nkaja, the CEO of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda and other officials released the October 2021 examination results. “We are grateful to the Ministry of Education and Sports …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education is seeking for secondary schools to attach students who had opted to join Primary Teachers Colleges-PTC. Every year, the 46 PTCs have been admitting at least 9,200 students with each college accommodating a maximum of 200 students in a given academic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of head teachers who had turned up for the selection and placement exercise at Kololo ceremonial grounds have been turned away due to the lack of Covid-19 test results. The Ministry of Education and Sports scheduled the senior one and five selection process …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private school teachers have asked Parliament to urge government to provide funds towards the Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations-SACCOs for private teachers, despite the group failing to organize themselves to obtain the initial 20 billion Shillings Covid-19 presidential grant. The private teachers leaders under …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has called for the appointment of a senior minister in the Ministry of Education and Sports who is accessible and flexible to tackle the challenges the lockdown has imposed on the education sector. Speaking during the weekly FDC press …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools have asked the Ministry of Education to address gaps in the distribution of the home study materials. The materials were distributed to schools as part of the interventions to supplement teaching-learning activities in the Covid-19 disrupted learning period. The Ministry of Education contracted three …