SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Public Service has yielded to pressure and requested negotiations with science teacher training tutors who are currently on strike advocating for their reinstatement to “Rightful Salary Scales.” In a letter addressed to the Uganda Professional Science Teachers Union- UPSTU, Stephen Opio Okiror, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Professional Science Teachers’ Union (UPSTU) has issued an ultimatum to the government, giving it a ten-day window to reinstate science tutors and ICT teachers on the science salary scale. Failure to comply may result in the union resorting to industrial action. Since …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts at Butabika School of psychiatric clinical officers have asked the government to hire more tutors. Dr. Juliet Nakku, the Executive Director at Butabika Mental Hospital said the school is grossly understaffed with only three tutors and the principal. She said that if adequate staffing is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Assessors for the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) practical examinations have decried insufficient equipment as 49,671 candidates commence examinations across the country. The supervisors, tutors and assessors, say there is scarcity of equipment for certain courses, which is likely to delay the conclusion …
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