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Masaka, Uganda | URN | Proprietors of private schools in the Greater Masaka sub-region have criticised the government’s new Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) tax policy on secondary sources of income, saying it is making it harder to attract and retain experienced teachers. The school owners argue that the policy, which imposes a …

Arua, Uganda | URN | Education stakeholders in West Nile have urged the government to introduce programmes for training new teachers alongside upgrading serving ones, warning that the phasing out of Primary Teachers’ Colleges (PTCs) and National Teachers’ Colleges (NTCs) has created a growing shortage of teachers. Prof. Epiphany Odubuker …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government has increased the budget for education, skills development, and sports in the 2026/27 financial year, with a small upward adjustment from the previous allocation. Currently, primary classroom teachers earn a minimum of 499,684 shillings per month regardless of their qualification, while secondary classroom …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Parliament has passed the National Teachers Bill, 2024, with significant amendments aimed at redefining the standards of education in Uganda. The legislation marks a historic shift toward the professionalisation of teaching, introducing rigorous licensing requirements and establishing a powerful new regulatory body. The bill, which …

Agago, Uganda | URN | Teachers at Kotomor Seed Secondary School have laid down their tools protesting a seven-month delay in salary payments. The affected teachers, who assumed duty in September 2025, say they have stopped teaching and all related professional duties with immediate effect until their salaries are paid …

Rubanda, Uganda | URN | The government is set to enhance salaries of arts teachers at the beginning of the next financial year. State Minister of Finance Henry Musasizi revealed there is a discussion going on to make it possible to have the salaries of the arts teachers enhanced to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arts and humanities teachers may resume industrial action if the government fails to implement presidential directives on salary harmonization and welfare commitments in the ongoing 2026/2027 to 2030/2031 budgeting process, the Uganda Professional Humanities Teachers’ Union (UPHTU) has warned. In a March 11th, 2026 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A report by the Ministry of Education and Sports under the Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project (USEEP) has revealed that girls in secondary schools are suffering from more sexual and other forms of violence than boys. Violence against children includes all forms of violence …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some teachers in parts of the country are raising alarm after the 2025 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results. The results revealed that Social Studies with Religious Education (SST) registered the poorest results nationwide. The teachers interviewed by Uganda Radio Network’s journalist have responded differently, offering …