Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPA-U) on March 09 graduated308 in various courses including Accounting Technicians (AT-U) and Certified Tax Advisor (CTA). ICPAU President, Protazio Begumisa (CPA)said during the graduation ceremony held at the Imperial Royale Hotel that the Institute maintains …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 50 universities in the UK are to be part of a pilot scheme to rank their teaching quality and value of degrees they award. In other words, which degrees make a student rich and the ones that don’t. Universities Minister Sam Gyimah …
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Kampala, Uganda | MATY KONTE | There’s no disputing that many African countries’ education systems are in trouble. Despite significant investment and some improvements linked to the push to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, children in large parts of Africa are simply not being well taught or learning what is needed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) results, however withholding those of 79 candidates from 22 centers due to malpractices. A total 100,066 candidates appeared for the exams in 2017 compared to 102,858 a year earlier. According …
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Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Zimbabwean anti-corruption investigators said Friday they had arrested a university professor over the suspected fraudulent awarding of a doctorate to former first lady Grace Mugabe. Levi Nyagura, the vice chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe, was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission following an investigation …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has confirmed that none of the Bridge Schools have been licensed because they have not yet met the requirements to operate in Uganda. In a statement dated February 6, Education Permanent Secretary Alex Kakooza said, “Bridge Schools …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bridge Schools have dropped the names “international” and “academy” as they battle to fulfil stringent requirements to operate set by Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports. “We have communicated to the Permanent Secretary before that use of the word “International” as part of Bridge …
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VIDEO: Fate of Bridge Schools uncertain as new term starts Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The Operators of Bridge international Academies have promised to defy the directive by the education ministry to keep their schools closed. Speaking to NTV, the country Director Morrison Rwakakamba said all their schools …
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Dakar, Senegal | AFP | Donor nations announced on Saturday $2.3 billion in funding to support education in developing countries, following an international meeting in the Senegalese capital Dakar. The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) — which brings together donors, international organisations and the private sector — called the figure …
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Dakar, Senegal | AFP | Megastar Rihanna vowed she would “never stop fighting” to get millions of children back in school on Friday as French President Emmanuel Macron promised a major boost in foreign aid for education in developing nations. Macron co-hosted a conference in Dakar organised by the Global …
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