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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mukono Resident District Commissioner-RDC Fatuma Ndisaba Nabitaka has stopped the unnecessary arrests of teachers conducting private lessons in their communities as a means of survival. Ndisaba says that due to the fact that schools have been closed for nearly two years under President Yoweri …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 19 Private Primary Schools in Nakasongola district are believed to have ceased operations because of the prolonged closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the affected schools are Muwuma Light of Future, Global Junior, Ayesiga, God’s Grace, New Hope, Kamuli Quality …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want a public holiday declared so as to scale up vaccination of learners in order to achieve the vaccination target required to reopen schools. The MPs on the Parliamentary forum on children noted that the prolonged lockdown on schools has exacerbated cases of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has backtracked on its plan to vaccinate learners below 18 years of age as earlier announced. In the past, the ministries of education and health had proposed to vaccinate all learners aged 12 and above using the Pfizer-Biotech vaccine, which is approved for …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sports administrators have said the continued closure of schools is affecting sports development. Schools were closed following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Their closure affected several sporting activities and competitions that were often conducted in schools. These included the post-primary games, Airtel rising …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Israeli teachers who have not been vaccinated against the COVID-19 will be banned from entering schools unless they present a negative test result, Israeli Ministry of Education said on Thursday. Under the decision, teachers who do not present the Green Pass, which is a proof of …

Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Educationists in Kotido district have asked parents to give pregnant teenagers a second chance when schools reopen. They argue that a second chance will always give a girl child an opportunity to complete her education after delivery. Benson Katyango Boeing, a senior education officer of Kotido …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education says that schools will conduct remedial teaching and assessment to determine the promotion of learners when schools reopen. According to the ministry, all learners and semi candidates will first complete their respective class curriculum before they are promoted. Dr Dennis Mugimba, the …

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 …