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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The chairperson of the Parliamentary Health Committee, Dr. Charles Ayume has advised the education ministry not to rush adecision to reopen schools until the safety of learners and other people in the sector is guaranteed. The MP Koboko Municipality made the remarks at Kololo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament will on Wednesday, 24 November 2021, meet to express their concerns about the reopening of schools. The outcome of the consultative meeting, convened by the First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, inform government’s position on the reopening. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A recent National Planning Authority (NPA) report on the re-opening of schools “Towards Safe Opening of The Education Sector in Covid-19 Times” indicates up to 30% of learners might fail to return. Whereas the report released in August acknowledged that worldwide, school closures …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The enforcement of COVID-19 surveillance in primary and secondary schools has been left to teachers. This is according to the school re-opening plan by the Ministry of Education. When schools reopened in October for candidate and semi-candidate classes last year, the health ministry’s schools re-opening …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Planning, Amos Lugoloobi has told MPs that the government has no money to support a special recovery fund for the education sector. Lugoloobi instead appealed to private institutions of learning to compete for 200 billion Shillings that has been set aside …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a direct connection between education institutions and worship places when it comes to preparing the minds of learners who have been out of school for the last 78 weeks, experts say. Speaking at a virtual townhall meeting on Nov.08, under the theme “education …

Planning authority warns 4.5 million learners might never return to school Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Planning Authority-NPA has projected that over 30 per cent out of the 15 million learners that were in schools before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Uganda are likely not to return to …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Higher Education Dr John Chrysostom Muyingo has warned Universities and other tertiary institutions against chasing away unvaccinated students. Minister Muyigo rather wants Institutions to open up vaccination centers at the entrance to allow students get vaccinated before entry. Muyingo who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has come up with a robust surveillance system to detect, control and handle Covid-19 infections among learners and staff in preparation for the reopening of schools in January. The decision is based on the widespread of Covid-19 infections which prompted the second nationwide closure …

Lower Primary Learners, Semi Candidates to be prioritized when schools reopen Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports will give special attention to learners in lower primary and semi-candidates when schools reopen in January. Sources privy to the matter in the Ministry of Education says …