SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Public Service has yielded to pressure and requested negotiations with science teacher training tutors who are currently on strike advocating for their reinstatement to “Rightful Salary Scales.” In a letter addressed to the Uganda Professional Science Teachers Union- UPSTU, Stephen Opio Okiror, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Professional Science Teachers’ Union (UPSTU) has issued an ultimatum to the government, giving it a ten-day window to reinstate science tutors and ICT teachers on the science salary scale. Failure to comply may result in the union resorting to industrial action. Since …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has once again emphasized the importance of higher education institutions investing in scientific research to drive the country’s development agenda. This renewed call for prioritizing scientific research and innovation was conveyed by Vice President Jessica Alupo during Bugema University’s 75th-anniversary celebrations …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | To mark International Day for Women and Girls in Science, Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU) celebrated the achievements of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) by recognising leading women taking part in its Women in the Leadership program, it said on Feb.13. Commenting on …
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UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday emphasized the importance of gender equality in science in his message for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which falls on Feb. 11. Guterres highlighted the critical role of women and girls in scientific fields, stating …
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This requires a multi-faceted approach that bridges the gap between science , policy and stakeholders COMMENT | MARISA PEYRE, JUSTIN VAISSE, PETER SANDS | Science is crucial to improving pandemic preparedness and prevention. It not only deepens our understanding of pathogen transmission and containment but also provides us with the flexibility …
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Talks gene drives, mRNA at Grand Challenges meeting ANALYSIS | NONTOBEKO MLAMBO | Infectious diseases are major causes of deaths in Africa. The burden of existing, emerging and re-emerging diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, cholera, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness, Ebola and SARS continues to grow – and once you move …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans will get a chance to showcase the leap into a new era of innovation at the National Science Week to take place from the 6th to the 11th of November 2023. President Yoweri Museveni will be chief guest at the event at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation has released findings that indicate that Uganda’s Silkworm Project that started in the financial year 2017/2018 is struggling to survive. The Silkworm Project is one of the science initiatives that has so far received Shs 31bn from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Science, Technology and Innovation Committee of Parliament has learnt that 30 former staff of the disbanded Ministry of Science and Technology have been absorbed into various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Irene Batebe, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral …
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