Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni will on Tuesday meet the National Covid-19 taskforce to decide on the fate of schools, places of worship and other businesses that are still under lockdown. This was disclosed by President Yoweri Museveni during yesterday’s national prayers at State House Nakasero on …
Read More »Kyenjojo district failed to utilize UGX 1.4Bn in 2019/2020 financial year
Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyenjojo District local government sent back 1.4 billion shillings to the treasury that was not utilized in the last financial year of 2019/2020. Addressing the district council that sat on Friday at the district headquarters, Kasiina the LCV Chairperson, William Kaija explained that the COVID-19 …
Read More »1 in 3 children missed out on remote learning when COVID-19 shuttered schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 463 million children, a third of the world’s schoolchildren, are unable to access remote learning after COVID-19 shuttered their schools, according to a new UNICEF report released on Thursday as countries wrestle with their ‘back-to-school’ plans. At the height of nationwide and local lockdowns, nearly 1.5 billion schoolchildren were affected …
Read More »African countries urged to promote a safe return to school
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT School closures implemented to protect students from COVID-19 are hurting them in other ways, while the long-term impact of this disruption to education could create a lost generation in Africa, two UN agencies have said. The World Health Organization (WHO) and (UNICEF) urged governments on the …
Read More »WHO urges safe reopening of schools in Africa amid COVID-19 risks
Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged African countries to put solid COVID-19 prevention measures in place before embarking on reopening of learning institutions. WHO said in a statement released in Nairobi that reopening of schools in the Sub-Saharan African region should be accompanied by …
Read More »Ministry develops strategy for phased reopening of schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT The Ministry of Education and Sports has drawn strategies to ensure effective implementation of specific Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs for the phased reopening of the educational institutions. The reopening will mainly focus on finalists and candidate classes. The academic year was prematurely cut short on March …
Read More »Trump pushes to reopen school despite severe COVID-19 situation
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump has again pushed for schools to reopen despite the severe COVID-19 pandemic across the country, according to The Guardian newspaper. “We got to open up our schools and open our businesses,” Trump said on Wednesday. “Children often have only mild symptoms, …
Read More »UN chief outlines “bold steps” for education amid COVID-19 disruption
United Nations | XINHUA | The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption to education in history and prolonged school closures could further entrench inequalities in access to learning, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, underlining the need for “bold steps” to address the crisis. Describing education as “the key …
Read More »Private school teachers in Mukono opt for casual jobs for survival
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several private school teachers in Mukono district have resorted to casual and labor intensive jobs to support their families following continued uncertainty on the reopening of schools. The uncertainty started with the closure of educational institutions in March, as the government devised means to contain …
Read More »Headteachers protest request to return second term funds to gov’t
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Headteachers in government-aided learning institutions are up in arms over the decision by the Ministry of Finance asking them to return funds they had received for the second term in the fourth quarter of the 2019/2020 financial year. On July 22, Keith Muhakanizi, the …
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