Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Primary and secondary schools will re-open next year after 4.8 million people in priority and vulnerable groups are fully vaccinated. That includes teachers and 330,000 students aged 18 years and above. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said this in his address today, in which he said …
Read More »LIVE: Museveni address on schools, security and COVID-19
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said schools will only be re-opened after the high risk groups and teachers are fully vaccinated. Institutions and universities can open November 1, while primary and secondary schools will re-open next year. The president said this today while addressing …
Read More »PWDs call for reopening of schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Member of Parliament representing People with Disabilities, Alex Ndezi has appealed to the government to reopen schools immediately. Speaking on Tuesday at the Uganda Media Centre about the International Week of Deaf People that takes between 20-24 September, Ndezi said although many Ugandans have …
Read More »President Museveni to address nation tomorrow
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will address the nation tomorrow September 22 on COVID-19 and the measures being taken to control it. The address is set for 8pm. He is expected to address the long standing issue of a closed education and religious sector and …
Read More »Gov’t cleared to borrow UGX 530Bn loan for construction of secondary schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliament Committee on Education has approved a 529 billion shillings loan for the Ministry of Education to construct schools in several sub-counties. According to the ministry, 116 schools will be constructed out of which 84 schools will be in non-refugee hosting districts while 32 …
Read More »Gov’t sued over poor quality education inflicted on learners in Bududa
Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been sued for offering poor quality education to the children of Bududa. The suit which was filed in the Equal Opportunities Tribunal by two lawyers, Najib Kasole and Abubaker Matanda, state that learners in Bududu have been marginalised by the government through …
Read More »Katikkiro Mayiga calls for proper schools reopening
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga has implored the government to put up a proper roadmap of reopening schools in the country amidst the ongoing pandemic. He says this should begin with ensuring that all teachers and non-teaching staff are vaccinated. The Katikkiro says that there should …
Read More »Gov’t has no plan to vaccinate children below 15 years – Ministry of health
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of health has not planned to vaccinate learners below the age of 15 years as previously communicated by their counterparts in the education sector. Previously, the ministries of education and health had announced that the government would carry out vaccination of all learners …
Read More »Educationists call for teacher retraining as part of school reopening plan
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education experts have asked the government to retrain lower primary school teachers before the reopening of schools. Lower primary classes have remained closed since March 2020 when the country was closed down to tame the spread of COVID-19. The learners had been scheduled to return …
Read More »Museveni demands school reopening date by next week
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed the prime minister to lead the team from the ministry of education, health and the national taskforce to come up with dates and revised safe proposals for the reopening of learning institutions. The directive follows a meeting that happened on …
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