Tag Archives: teachers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni urged teachers to utilise their professional knowledge to transform Uganda socially and economically. “In your education system, when you say you are a social scientist, you find a peasant producing another peasant and you don’t see that as a problem and …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Ministry of Education and Sports to create a well-defined scheme of service for teachers. This scheme will outline the processes of teacher promotion and remuneration. The President was Thursday responsding  to Vincent Elong, the Chairperson of …

NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | As the world celebrates World Teacher’s Day, an analysis conducted by URN has shown that public schools in Uganda currently require at least 107,880 additional teachers to address the staffing shortages and achieve the desired teacher-pupil ratio. This figure is based on a recent …

Los Angeles, US | Xinhua | As public schools across the United States usher in the new school year, they have found many classrooms without teachers — a severe problem that has led to shortened school weeks or even school closures in some places. Teacher shortages, a long-time problem exacerbated …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hearing of an application in which Fortunate Kyarikunda is seeking to set aside a ruling in favor of Richard Tumwiine in a breach of a marriage promise has been pushed to October 17th. Kyarikunda lodged the reinstatement application after losing three similar petitions before …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago Police have apprehended two intoxicated teachers from Ladere Primary School for causing disruptions during Primary Seven mock examinations. The teachers, Joseph Odoch and Denis Obonyo, who hold positions across different primary levels, were taken into custody on Thursday morning at the directive of …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Headteachers of government Primary and Secondary schools in Luwero district have been warned that they will be held liable for covering absentee teachers. The Chief Administrative Officer, Innocent Asaba Birekeyaho, issued this warning after impromptu visits by a district team revealed rampant absenteeism among teachers. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has taken a firm stance to end the practice of teachers speculating or being seconded for recruitment into the education service through the newly established seed schools across the country. This development comes as numerous teachers have been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Service Commission is contemplating a policy change that would enable teachers to seek deployments in duty stations of their choice, with the aim of enhancing their efficiency. Reverend Professor Samuel Luboga, the Chairperson of the Education Service Commission, revealed that the commission …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports temporarily suspended the transfer and deployment of teaching and non-teaching staff with immediate effect. This was announced in a notice issued on April 17, by the permanent secretary Ministry of Education and Sports, Ketty Lamaro. According to Lamaro, the …