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Students protest ban on carrying bags at campus

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students are protesting a move that stops them from carrying bags into universities. Following the Tuesday Kampala twin bomb explosions, several officers in charge of security and the university management issued directives stopping students from carrying bags to the campus as one of the measures …

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Universities asked to develop guidelines for reopening

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Higher institutions of learning have been asked to develop guidelines ahead of next week’s reopening. Education institutions have been closed since June following a surge in Covid-19 cases. In September, President Museveni cleared universities and other tertiary institutions to reopen on November 1. The institutions have …

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Universities heighten security levels after recent bomb attacks

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is an increase in the security measures around universities following two bomb explosions in the country. Institutions of higher learning will reopen next week after months of closure following the outbreak of Covid-19. Despite universities being potential targets for terror attacks given the high …

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NCHE advises universities on new entrants, vaccination

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council for Higher Education-NCHE has advised higher institutions of learning to avoid scheduling classes for newly admitted students before handling current first-year students. Universities and other tertiary institutions will be opening their gates to learners on November 1, nearly five months after the …

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Student leaders call for revival of activism in universities

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Student leaders are seeking to revive activism in higher institutions of learning which they say has lost vibrancy. Moses Byamugisha, the Guild President at the Law Development Center (LDC) told journalists on Friday that the government has rendered activism meaningless to the extent that there’s …

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Public universities staff to push on with industrial action

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Academic Staff in Public Universities of Uganda (FASPU) has vowed not to bow down to threats from their superiors as they fight for what they say is their right to a salary enhancement.  Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi, the FASPU Chairperson says they cannot …

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Professor Balunywa calls for dialogue on reopening universities

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Principal Waswa Balunywa wants the government to allow universities come up with their strategy on how to implement the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) issued by the Ministry of Health so that universities can resume their operations. In March, President …

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Tanzania to issue loans of about 200 mln USD for university students

Dar es salaam, Tanzania | XINHUA | Tanzania’s Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) announced on Tuesday that it will issue 464 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 200 million U.S. dollars) for 145,000 students in universities and high learning institutions in the 2020-2021 academic year. HESLB, in a statement, informed students …

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