Arua, Uganda | URN | Education stakeholders in West Nile have urged the government to introduce programmes for training new teachers alongside upgrading serving ones, warning that the phasing out of Primary Teachers’ Colleges (PTCs) and National Teachers’ Colleges (NTCs) has created a growing shortage of teachers. Prof. Epiphany Odubuker …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo as Acting Minister of Education and Sports. The appointment, which takes immediate effect, was announced on Thursday in a communication from the Presidential Press Unit (PPU). Dr. Muyingo, who has served as State Minister for Higher …
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24 Boys Step into the Shoes of Absa Senior Executives for a Day Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Twenty-four secondary school students from across Uganda have spent a day shadowing senior leaders at Absa Bank Uganda as part of a mentorship initiative aimed at exposing young people to …
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dfcu Bank Signals Deeper Stake in Uganda’s Evolving Education Sector Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | As Uganda’s education sector confronts rising costs, increasing regulatory complexity, and shifting global standards, dfcu Bank has signalled a deeper strategic commitment to supporting institutional growth, sustainability, and long-term resilience, particularly within the …
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Dubai,UAE | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Airtel Africa Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Airtel Africa plc, has committed $6.2 million to interventions across its four strategic pillars: Financial Inclusion, Education, Environmental Sustainability and Digital Inclusion (FEED), with education receiving the largest share of investment. Airtel Africa Foundation confirmed the commitment during the …
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These losses span direct health system costs, out-of-pocket expenses for young people and their families, and lost opportunities in earnings, productivity and future potential COMMENT | ANNE GITHUKU-SHONGWE | This year’s International Day of the African Child, I ask us to consider her. She was fifteen years old, …
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KCB Bank Uganda Invests in Students Through Financial Literacy, School Safety, and Sustainability Initiative at Kololo Secondary School Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | KCB Bank Uganda has reinforced its commitment to sustainable community development through a comprehensive initiative at Kololo Secondary School, aimed at equipping students with the tools, …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Education authorities are raising concerns over a growing number of unlicensed schools established and operated by refugee communities in Kampala, Mukono, Wakiso, and other parts of the greater metropolitan area. Officials say many of these institutions are operating without registration or licensing from the Ministry …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Just two in every ten secondary schools across Uganda meets the minimum standards to be considered ICT-ready, a comprehensive new assessment has revealed, exposing a deep digital divide in the country’s education system. The findings mean that more than 80 per cent of secondary schools …
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Fresh off a top five finish in the CFA Societies Canada Ethics Challenge, Suubi Nsubuga is turning a passion for responsible investment into a career in wealth management. Ontario, Canada | Suubi Nsubuga, 22, left Uganda four years ago to study mathematical economics at Trent University and has become …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
