Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As schools financially struggle to reopen after seven months of lockdown, President Yoweri Museveni has donated 100 million Shillings to a primary school in his village of Rushere in Rwakirura district. In a press statement issued by the presidential press unit, Museveni on top of …
Read More »Nine more Entebbe schools cleared to reopen.
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine schools in Entebbe Municipality were on the weekend cleared to re-open, bringing to 70 the number cleared out of the 80 schools on the peninsula. The Assessment Team initially assessed all the 67 Primary and 13 Secondary schools in the municipality, and found …
Read More »Amuru district receives 70m to assist in schools reopening
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has remitted UGX 70 million to Amuru district local government to fund the implementation of guidelines and standard operating procedures in its schools. Classes for candidates started on the 15th October this week following a phased reopening of schools announced by President Yoweri Kaguta …
Read More »Back to school: Teachers, learners prefer face shields to masks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As schools reopened after a seven month’s break due to COVID-19, teachers and students have said they prefer using the face shields than the masks. On the first two days of school under the new normal, Simon Baker Ayella, a teacher at St. Martins …
Read More »Boarding or day; parents puzzled with new guidelines in schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many parents have been left in confusion and despair after finding new arrangements in the operation mode of their preferred schools as the teaching and learning activities for finalists and candidates resume. As one of the guidelines for reopening, the schools were told …
Read More »Seven teachers in Fort Portal arrested for failure to wear masks
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven teachers in Fort Portal Tourism City were arrested on Thursday morning for failure to wear masks as schools reopened for finalists. The teachers were picked up as Kabarole Resident District Commissioner– RDC, Steven Asiimwe moved around schools to ensure strict adherence to …
Read More »61 schools cleared to reopen in Entebbe municipality
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 61 schools in Entebbe Municipality have so far been cleared to reopen. This follows an assessment of the schools headed by Sarah Monicah Nabirye, the inspector of schools, Daniel Ndagga, the Principal Education Officer and other officials from the municipal council. Ndagga says that …
Read More »Ministry to display lists of approved schools on notice boards, public spaces
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has announced that it will display the lists of schools approved to reopen. Benson Kule Baritazale, the head of the inspection team for school reopening at the department of education standards, notes that the list will be displayed …
Read More »Average turn up in Kasese as schools reopen
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There has been an average turn up of learners in Kasese District as schools re-opened for finalists and candidate classes. In some of the schools visited by Uganda Radio Network reporter, they had at least 50 percent turn up of learners. Adherence to SOPs …
Read More »Strict adherence to SOPs as schools reopen in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools have today re-opened with many adhering to the Standard Operating Procedures- SOPs issued by the Ministry of Education. The schools and tertiary institutions were closed in March following the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. Last month, President Museveni okayed the reopening of the schools …
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