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Kikuube, Uganda | URN | Kikuube district faces shortage of 365 primary school teachers. Kikuube District is struggling with a shortage of 365 primary school teachers, leaving its 74 government-aided schools with fewer educators than required to handle the growing number of learners. Statistics from the district education department show …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Kampala City Hall Court has remanded 10 teachers to Luzira Prison over alleged malpractice during the 2026 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), as investigations into the suspected irregularities continue. The teachers appeared before Senior Principal Grade One Magistrate Nicholas Aisu on Friday evening, but the …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has launched a teacher training centre to equip educators with digital skills and artificial intelligence tools, expanding its education investments as the country seeks to improve teaching standards and prepare learners for a technology-driven economy. The MTN Teachers’ Resource Centre, …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | MTN Uganda has expanded its investment in digital education to include teacher training and learning resources, as efforts to integrate technology into classrooms increasingly require educators to have the skills to use it effectively. The company, through the MTN Foundation, has established a Teachers’ Resource …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Godlive Baguma, a private primary school teacher in Nansana, has a monthly ritual. When his salary lands, he opens an exercise book and does the same sums. “Rent for a single room takes 100,000 shillings. Food takes another 120,000 shillings, if prices allow. Then come …

  COMMENT | INNOCENT NAHABWE |  Today (October 5) is a special day: World Teachers’ Day. As a child of teachers, this one is personal. Recently, I took my mum to hospital. The doctor asked, “What did you do for a living?” “I was a teacher,” she replied. “Oooh!” he …

  BISHOP: Tell Balaam to go to seed schools, community schools, but not to Church of Uganda-founded schools. What we agree with the parents is what we will do because what we want is for our children to learn.   Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Anglican Bishop of Soroti Diocese, …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | A government ban on holiday teaching has drawn mixed reactions nationwide. Some parents welcome the break for children to rest and learn home skills, while others fear it will hurt academic progress, especially for exam candidates. The ban targets a long-standing practice in which schools, …

Moroto, Uganda | URN | Indigenous communities in the Karamoja sub-region are asking the government to train and recruit native teachers to teach children in lower primary schools, saying the shortage of teachers who speak local languages is undermining learning. Karamoja is home to 11 minority ethnic groups, including the …

Kyotera, Uganda | URN | Authorities in Kyotera District have arrested two individuals accused of fraudulently working as government primary school teachers for over a decade despite lacking the required academic qualifications. The suspects, identified as Charles Sseruwu and John Kavuma, allegedly sneaked onto the government payroll through fraudulent means and …