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📌UGANDA’S PLAN FOR PHASED RE-OPENING OF EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ✳ Schools & Institutions of higher learning re-open for candidates & finalists October 15 ✳ Assessment of progress after a month ✳ No mass testing before school starts ✳  Restart in TERM 2 with a revised education calendar ✳ Term 2 from …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the fire that gutted the Makerere Main Administration block, Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has issued a statement outlining what happened, and plans ahead. He promises that the fire will not consume plans to revive the glory of the ‘Ivory Tower’. FULL …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education authorities in Kikuube district want government to takeover the management of 13 community primary schools in the district in a bid to uplift education standards. The district education authorities have already submitted names of the community primary schools they want government to take …

✳ Schools to re-open for finalists ✳ Border district restrictions ✳ Curfew will be maintained ✳ Places of worship to resume with SOPs ✳ Sports reopen with no spectators ✳ Bars remain closed Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said the country is now ready to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Reports from Makerere University indicate that Police Fire Brigade is trying to put out a fire which has now covered almost half of the roof of the institution’s main building. All indications are the fire started just after mid-night. “The fire brigade is on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda to immediately appear before parliament and provide the government position in regard to re-opening of education institutions. Kadaga’s directive followed complaints by a section of Members of Parliament in regard to the …

Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | All indications are that a dead year will not be declared, schools will reopen soon, and national exams usually set by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) in November and December, will likely go ahead, in March 2021. According to a letter recently written by the …

  Geneva, Switzerland | XINHUA | While children in every country have struggled with the impact of COVID-19 on their education, the refugee children have been particularly disadvantaged, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said in a new report issued on Thursday. UN figures showed that 1.6 billion learners across the …

United Nations | XINHUA | Without harnessing the energy, tech savvy and optimism of young people, the world has no hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the Paris Agreement on climate change, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. Addressing leaders from governments, businesses and multilateral agencies …

Kaabong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several members of the Ik community, a minority group in Kaabong district have been blocked from contesting for political positions due to low levels of education. The Ik people, currently settled in Kamion sub-county, in Kaabong district are regarded as the most marginalized of …