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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Headteachers of government Primary and Secondary schools in Luwero district have been warned that they will be held liable for covering absentee teachers. The Chief Administrative Officer, Innocent Asaba Birekeyaho, issued this warning after impromptu visits by a district team revealed rampant absenteeism among teachers. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has taken a firm stance to end the practice of teachers speculating or being seconded for recruitment into the education service through the newly established seed schools across the country. This development comes as numerous teachers have been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Service Commission is contemplating a policy change that would enable teachers to seek deployments in duty stations of their choice, with the aim of enhancing their efficiency. Reverend Professor Samuel Luboga, the Chairperson of the Education Service Commission, revealed that the commission …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports temporarily suspended the transfer and deployment of teaching and non-teaching staff with immediate effect. This was announced in a notice issued on April 17, by the permanent secretary Ministry of Education and Sports, Ketty Lamaro. According to Lamaro, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sport has suspended the transfer and deployment of both teaching and non-teaching staff in all educational institutions. The suspension comes at a time when the Auditor General is carrying out an audit of the government payroll. Ketty Lamaro, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sport has decided to restart the count down for all teachers to get degrees. The government in 2019 passed a national teacher policy which among other things phased out lower teaching qualifications in preference for bachelor’s degree for all …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-six teachers in Luwero district have been dismissed from service for abscondment from duty. The affected teachers were formerly deployed at Universal Primary schools that include; Mityebiri Roman Catholic, St Theresa Kasaala Girls, Luwero Boys, Nandere , Buyuki , Malungu and Nambi UMEA Primary …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government schools in Luwero district have recieved smartphones from the Ministry of Education and Sports to track the daily attendance of teachers and learners. The Education Ministry delivered smartphones to 230 Universal Primary schools, 23 government-aided secondary schools, and two technical schools in the district Tuesday. …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents and members of the old students body of PMM Girls School in Jinja stormed the school on Friday to protest over accusations of promoting homosexuality against one of the teachers. Rose Kalembe, the chairperson of the old girl’s students body says that the protest …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The implementation of the new lower secondary curriculum has suffered another setback as teachers of the pioneer class, now in senior three, lack teaching materials. The missing essential materials that teachers across the country are requesting include the teacher’s textbooks and learner’s guides. According to …