Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The national Senior One selection and placement exercise opened on Thursday under intense pressure for limited spaces in elite secondary schools. According to the selection documents, strong Primary Leaving Examination scores once again failed to guarantee admission to first-choice institutions for many learners, as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Owing to growing concerns about poor sleeping habits and their link to mental health challenges among learners, Reach A Hand Uganda has embarked on a campaign to raise awareness about the importance of sleep among adolescents, particularly students. The Quality Sleep Campaign seeks to sensitise …
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COMMENT | MATHIAS RUKUBA | On every school day in Uganda, hundreds of learners, teachers, support staff, and visitors converge in one place. Different ages. Different backgrounds. Different needs. One shared responsibility: safety. Yet, across the country, school safety is too often treated as an afterthought, noticed only when tragedy strikes, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda has announced a transformative partnership with FinCom Technologies, the creators of the SchoolPay platform, to deliver the first fully digital lending solution for schools in the country. The collaboration gives thousands of private education institutions immediate access to pre-scored, cash flow-aligned …
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NAIROBI | Xinhua | Kenya on Tuesday called on the international community to safeguard education from both physical and digital threats. Musalia Mudavadi, prime cabinet secretary and cabinet secretary for foreign and diaspora affairs, warned that the safety of schools is no longer threatened solely by armed conflict, but also …
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Kaberamaido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has started his campaign in the Teso region, reassuring on security and cattle restocking. ” This area once faced insecurity when rebels used to kidnap our children from schools like Lwala Girls School. That dark chapter ended long ago. The NRM …
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GAZA | Xinhua | On a dusty patch of land in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, a worn-out canvas canopy offers scant protection from the autumn sun. Below it, dozens of girls sit on the ground, their notebooks resting on knees, their eyes fixed on a small blackboard hanging from a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of schoolchildren across Uganda are set to benefit from a new clean water initiative following the launch of the ‘Safe2Sip’ campaign, a partnership between Vivo Energy Uganda, the company that markets and distributes Shell-branded fuels and lubricants, and Spouts of Water, the manufacturers of Purifaaya ceramic water filters. The …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hima Cement has announced a Shs 65 million sponsorship package for the fourth edition of the Clash of Titans schools golf tournament, organizers said Monday. The annual competition, which pits former students of Uganda’s leading schools against one another, will tee off September 20 …
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COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | In 2013, a groundbreaking case made news in Japan when a court ordered a school to pay $1.8 million to the parents of four children who died in the 2011 tsunami triggered by a megaquake. Minutes after the powerful quake, the hilltop school sent the …
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