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  Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 20 students of Olila High School in Soroti city have been arrested for alleged involvement in a strike. The students went rowdy on Sunday evening after an S.4 student was assaulted by a teacher for allegedly escaping from school. One of the security guards …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 30 students of Fort Portal Secondary School are nursing injuries they sustained in an accident. The students were returning from a football match at Uganda Technical College Kichwamba. The accident occurred on Wednesday at 7pm in Kitarasa along the Fort Portal-Bundibugyo highway. According …

Lugazi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo has cautioned parents against keeping school-going children at home and says that those who fail to heed, risk arrest. Muyingo says that he has received reports in his office of many parents who are still …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several government schools in the Luwero district are constrained due to overwhelming numbers of learners who returned following the lifting of the COVID 19 lockdown. Learners resumed studies on January 10th, 2022 after 22 months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, several …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has revoked the suspension of 16 students sent home after they participated in a demonstration over online lectures. The suspension recall comes after the intervention of the students Guild President Shamim Nambassa who also championed the protest against …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) Alumni Association has unveiled a scholarship fund to support vulnerable students to attain University education This was part of the activities during the third annual dinner of the IUIU Alumni Association held at Hotel African on Saturday evening, which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Higher Education Students Financing Board plans to support Ugandan undergraduate students doing humanities. Initially, the scheme was targeting students pursuing degree and undergraduate diploma courses in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs. According to the government, this was also to help in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Secondary school teachers are worried about the amount of work students in senior six need to learn before they sit for national examinations in November. According to the teachers, the students who normally spend the majority of their time in S.6 carrying out revision ahead …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University students on Monday demonstrated against online lectures, calling for full reopening of the institution. According to the university calendar, today was the first day of semester one of the new academic year.  Only first-year students are physically at the campus, while the …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Learners in Bukakata Sub County have returned to fishing following the delayed opening of a government seed school in Masaka district. They are engaged in different fishing activities on the landing sites of Kaziru, Lambu, Kachanga, and Nansere located in Bukatata sub-county, Masaka due …