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Namboole stadium to undergo rehabilitation

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mandela National Stadium–Namboole, is to undergo a major rehabilitation to ensure that it meets all the required standards for both national and international sporting activities. Constructed in 1997, the national sports pride is currently appalling and has since failed the tests of the Confederation …

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Gov’t approves 80 vocational training courses

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has approved 80 new internationally adapted courses to be offered by 18 training institution across the country. These include nine courses in the oil and gas field and more than 70 others in vocational training programmes. The oil …

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Ministry directs educational institutions to pay staff

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has directed all private education institutions to duly pay their staff. Teachers and other workers in some educational institutions have reportedly gone two months without receiving their due salaries while several institutions had resorted to paying them lesser …

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Education Ministry cautions against sale of self-study materials

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has cautioned against the selling of the self-study materials developed by the National Curriculum Development Centre-NCDC. In a circular to all local governments, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education Alex Kakooza notes that they have learnt that …

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Ministry still puzzled on how to distribute self-study materials

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education and Sports Ministry authorities are still puzzled on how to distribute the self-help materials for primary and secondary learners due to lack of clear data indicating where the learners can be found. The decision to distribute the self-study material was communicated six …

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Gov’t sets aside UGX 14Bn for upgrading technical colleges

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the Education and Sports Ministry has set aside Shillings 14 billion to upgrade Bushenyi, Kahaya, Nyamitanga Technical College in Bushenyi, Sheema and Mbarara district into centers of Excellence. The upgrade is being implemented under the Uganda Skills Development project (USDP) with support …

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