Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Early Childhood Development Association of Uganda has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, seeking her intervention to request the government to revise a decision to keep pre-primary schools closed indefinitely. Early this month the Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni said …
Read More »Gov’t to operationalize 117 seed secondary schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has started a process to operationalize new 117 seed secondary schools that had been stalled over the last years. Patrick Muinda, the Ministry of Education spokesperson notes that more than 41 Billion Shillings has been allocated in the current …
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 »Education Ministry investigating Hillside Naalya over corporal punishment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education and Sports Ministry is investigating allegations of corporal punishment at Hillside Nursery and Primary School, Naalya, Kampala suburb. This follows a complaint by a parent accusing teachers at the school for punishing children for scoring low marks. According to a Facebook post by …
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