Tag Archives: Education

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has urged government to come up with a plan to support private schools that have suffered financial loss due to the prolonged closure. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, government closed education institutions in March 2020, partially opened up in October and later imposed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sports administrators have said the continued closure of schools is affecting sports development. Schools were closed following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Their closure affected several sporting activities and competitions that were often conducted in schools. These included the post-primary games, Airtel rising …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Private Teachers Union (UPTU) is concerned that the Ministry of education is ordering private schools to register afresh. The ministry now requires private schools to register afresh, a process that will always be repeated every five years. According to the Ministry of …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Primary and secondary schools will re-open next year after 4.8 million people in priority and vulnerable groups are fully vaccinated. That includes teachers and 330,000 students aged 18 years and above. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said this in his address today, in which he said …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said schools will only be re-opened after the high risk groups and teachers are fully vaccinated.  Institutions and universities can open November 1, while primary and secondary schools will re-open next year. The president said this today while addressing …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will address the nation tomorrow September 22 on COVID-19 and the measures being taken to control it. The address is set for 8pm. He is expected to address the long standing issue of a closed education and religious sector and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of health has issued an order giving local governments until the end of this month to vaccinate all teachers and students above the age of 18. According to a circular addressed to all local governments and signed by the Director General of …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been sued for offering poor quality education to the children of Bududa. The suit which was filed in the Equal Opportunities Tribunal by two lawyers, Najib Kasole and Abubaker Matanda, state that learners in Bududu have been marginalised by the government through …

  Organizers double value of award from $50k to $100k due to the extraordinary quality of applications Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alex Kyabarongo, a 24-year-old veterinary student at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, has been included in the top 50 shortlist for the Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2021. This is a new $100,000 award to …

New challenges as world celebrates International Literacy Day Kampala, Uganda | FEATURE | Long before digital platforms went from a luxurious accessory for learning to a necessity for education continuity in the current climate, Robert Atwine, a Digital Education Enthusiast, had been working to streamline EdTech solutions in Uganda. With …