Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ongoing COVID-19 lockdown which led to the closure of schools may worsen the already waning learning outcomes in Uganda. This is according to Dr Mary Goretti Nakabugo, the Country Coordinator of Uwezo Uganda, an initiative that aims to improve competencies in literacy and numeracy …
Read More »Why schools are anxious about reopening
It is very clear that guidelines will impose more Covid-19 prevention related costs on schools. Who will meet the extra costs? COMMENT | Justus Mugisha | We all breathed a sigh of relief when President Yoweri Museveni on Monday announced partial re-opening of schools. But the more I think about …
Read More »Germany eyes accelerated return to normality
Berlin, Germany | AFP | Germany is eyeing an almost complete return to normality in May, with plans to send all pupils back to school and to restart the top-flight football Bundesliga, according to a draft agreement seen by AFP Wednesday. “Even after initial steps to open up were introduced from …
Read More »UN releases guidelines for re-opening schools amid COVID-19 crisis
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | If closure of schools as a strategy to halt further spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues, United Nations (UN) Agencies warn that many children around the globe may not get another chance of an education. As a result in their latest joint press statement, …
Read More »Gov’t asked to scrap promotional examinations, waive school fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As countries around the world start lifting COVID-19 lockdowns that were instituted to forestall the spread of the pandemic, Global Education Partners-GPE are calling upon for implementing new measures that will keep learners safe in schools. Some of the measure that governments are being asked …
Read More »Ugandan schools adapt new ways of engaging children during lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | As parents continue to stay home with their children during the country’s coronavirus lockdown, schools have taken to social media, television stations and print media to pass on learning materials to learners. Top schools are sending holiday work via Whatsapp groups for parents to …
Read More »Schools embrace virtual engagements in the face of COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools in parts of Kampala and Wakiso is devising means to virtually engage children following the premature closure of educational institutions in the wake of the outbreak of the coronavirus disease-COVID-19. President Yoweri Museveni ordered the closure of schools as one of the measures …
Read More »Schools close following the President’s directive
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several schools were thrown in confusion following the President’s directive requiring all educational institutional to close as a preventive measure against COVID 19. While announcing the directive in a televised address on Wednesday evening, President Yoweri Museveni, said it was necessary to close schools to …
Read More »AMONGI: No school for day scholars on Friday
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Betty Amongi has issued a circular stating that today will be the the last day for day scholars at school, to enable parents to have it easier picking children from boarding institutions by midday Friday. She said …
Read More »Nwoya schools struggling to implement revised secondary curriculum
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools in Nwoya District are struggling to implement the revised lower secondary curriculum due to lack of teachers for some subjects; inadequate and late delivery of learning materials The implementation of the new curriculum that was developed by Ministry of Education and Sports through the …
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