Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Human Rights Activist has petitioned High Court Civil Division to block the intended reopening of schools in the country. Gideon Tugume, the Executive Director of Human Rights Defenders Association Uganda HURIDA –Ug the intended reopening of schools is badly planned, illegal and discriminatory. …
Read More »UNATU raises concern over safety of teachers when schools re-open
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Teacher Union has said that the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs that were released by the education and health ministries to guide the re-opening of schools raise more questions regarding the safety of learners and teachers. Last week, President Okayed the reopening of …
Read More »Gov’t releases UGX 32.6Bn to facilitate reopening of schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has finally released 32.6 billion Shillings to facilitate the safe reopening and operationalization of public schools as finalists and candidates return to classrooms. Alex Kakooza, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education notes that part of the released funds is capitation …
Read More »Teachers threaten to strike as schools reopen
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several teaching and non-teaching staff in different public education institutions are using school re-opening to remind the government about their unresolved salary demands and are threatening to stage strikes over these. Before the closure of schools, there were different groups of staff in public education …
Read More »Unpacking the homeschooling package for non-finalist learners
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As candidates prepare to return to their respective schools, their counterparts in non-finalist classes will be learning from home in what the government has termed; the homeschooling programme. However, many parents and approximately 12.7 million learners at primary and secondary levels that have had …
Read More »3,500 buliisa flood victims uncertain of shelter when schools reopen
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The fate of more than 3,500 people affected by floods in Buliisa District is uncertain when schools resume in two weeks. The victims were displaced in March as a result of the rising water levels of Lake Albert. Some of the affected people are from …
Read More »Omoro district moves COVID-19 quarantine center to Don Bosco Atede Secondary School
Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omoro district COVID-19 taskforce has moved it’s quarantine center from Opit Secondary School to Don Bosco Atede Secondary School. Since schools will reopen on October 15th after the COVID-19 lockdown, the taskforce opted to shift to give room to management of Opit Secondary School …
Read More »Parents ask gov’t to revise guidelines on use of public transport by learners
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of parents have asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to revise the guidelines that require learners to only use private means of transport when schools reopen next month. On Sunday, President Museveni announced that schools will reopen on October 15, 2020, …
Read More »No public transport for learners, teachers after re-opening, gov’t warns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of education and sports says that no learner or teacher will at any time be allowed to use general public transport including taxis, vans and boda bodas when schools reopen for finalists who are scheduled to report to their respective schools on …
Read More »Bunyangabu school administrators still plead for dead academic year
Bunyangabu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Headteachers and other school administrators in Bunyangabu district have expressed mixed reactions over a move by the government to open schools for candidate classes. Many of them say that the government should have considered a dead academic year to give them enough time to …
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