Enrolment has surged across Uganda’s education system, but thousands of schools are struggling with shortages of teachers, classrooms and basic facilities NEWS ANALYSIS | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s education sector has made progress in expanding access to learning opportunities over the last three decades, but the newly released …
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Jinja, Uganda | URN | Police in the Ssezibwa region have intensified the search for Moret Komugisha, the director of St. Abel Primary School, who was reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint from her home in Njeru Municipality, Buikwe District. Her family also own the Bosmo School, located within Njeru. Reports indicate …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Education and Sports has given schools a one-week grace period to fully implement Ebola Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) following fresh cases linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As schools reopen for the new term, the Ministry of …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Uganda and Furaha Finserve Uganda have expanded their education financing partnership to include schools, introducing financing and school fee collection solutions aimed at improving financial sustainability within Uganda’s education sector. The announcement was made during a Headteachers’ and School Owners’ …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health has released fresh Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aimed at protecting learners, teachers, and staff following the Ebola outbreak. The guidelines come at a time when schools across the country are set to reopen for the second term of 2026. ADr. Denis Mugimba, …
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What’s driving the trend and how to reverse it? Many countries across Africa have embraced universal basic education policies in recent decades. But recent data has revealed that more than 100 million children and adolescents remain out of school, out of a total potential population of 469 million. …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | While the Ministry of Education declared a three-week holiday break for learners to rest after a long term, the reality on the ground tells a different story. Across the country, children carrying heavy school bags still walk or ride boda bodas to school. In places …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Three Ugandan schools, St. Kizito High School, Namugongo in Kampala, Suubi Community Schools in Mubende, and Kyaninga Child Development Centre (KCDC) in Fort Portal, have been named in the top 50 shortlist for the Global Schools Prize 2026. The Prize is anitiative of the Varkey Foundation celebrating the world’s …
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OPINION | URN | Across Africa, education is often framed as the continent’s most powerful lever for development. It is positioned as the pathway out of poverty, the foundation of economic growth, and the engine of social mobility. But this narrative assumes that schools are functioning as they should. In …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Education and Sports has issued yet another directive warning schools against teaching learners during official holidays, a practice that has become almost routine at the end of every term despite repeated circulars. This time, however, the ministry says it is moving beyond …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
