Tag Archives: Secondary

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Milk processor, Fresh Dairy, has injected Shs 240million in the upcoming Fresh Dairy Secondary School Games, 2023 edition. The firm’s Marketing Manager, Vincent Omoth said, said they committed a five-year contract with the Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association in 2019 to boost sports in secondary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The implementation of the new lower secondary curriculum has suffered another setback as teachers of the pioneer class, now in senior three, lack teaching materials. The missing essential materials that teachers across the country are requesting include the teacher’s textbooks and learner’s guides. According to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Senior two students studying under the new lower secondary curriculum will take on Swahili as the ninth compulsory subject as they move to Senior Three next year. The Education and Sports Ministry Spokesperson, Dr. Denis Mugimba revealed the new development Thursday, saying the decision is …

Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Inadequate funding and lack of learning materials are affecting the implementation of the new secondary school curriculum in Lango sub-region. In 2020, the Ministry of Education and Sports rolled out the new lower secondary school curriculum that is competence-based. The new curriculum is aimed at …

Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sembabule district is struggling to attract and retain secondary school teachers which is affecting education service delivery in the area. According to the district education sector performance report, all the nine government secondary schools in the area are struggling with an acute shortage of teachers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education and Sports Ministry has finally explained the discrepancies in the distribution of instructional materials for the revised new lower secondary curriculum. In 2020, the Ministry of Education rolled out the revised curriculum amidst protests from teachers and policymakers given the fact that a lot …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Industrial Training–DIT has started allocating assessment center numbers to all secondary schools. This is in line with the new lower secondary curriculum that was introduced by the government in 2020 for skills development. The pre-vocational subjects are summarized under eight including Information …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in Parliament, Robinah Nabbanja, has informed legislators that Uganda’s education sector is on course to rolling out the new lower secondary school curriculum when schools reopen in January 2022. “Government has recruited and deployed 1,598 staff in …

By Aloysious Kasoma Kawempe Muslim Secondary School has been closed after suffering the second fire incident in a period of one week. According to some sources at the school all students except those in candidate classes have been asked to go home temporarily as investigations into the cause of the fire …