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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 …

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 …