Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students in private universities based in Kampala are having face to face lectures before the official dates set for reopening by Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education and Sports directed on February 9th, 2020 that Universities and other tertiary institutions would start face to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Academic Staff in Public Universities of Uganda (FASPU) has vowed not to bow down to threats from their superiors as they fight for what they say is their right to a salary enhancement. Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi, the FASPU Chairperson says they cannot …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Principal Waswa Balunywa wants the government to allow universities come up with their strategy on how to implement the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) issued by the Ministry of Health so that universities can resume their operations. In March, President …
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Dar es salaam, Tanzania | XINHUA | Tanzania’s Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) announced on Tuesday that it will issue 464 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 200 million U.S. dollars) for 145,000 students in universities and high learning institutions in the 2020-2021 academic year. HESLB, in a statement, informed students …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vice-Chancellors from Gulu and Soroti universities are predicting doom if e-learning systems are rolled out before training students on how to navigate and use them. Several Universities have adopted the technology-driven solutions to sustain learning after the closure of educational institutions in the wake of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Universities and other institutions of higher learning have asked the National Council for Higher Education to reconsider guidelines barring them from implementing e-learning teaching without all students. The idea of ensuring that the online mode of learning doesn’t exclude any continuing student was first …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vice Chancellors from both public and private universities have undergone a mandatory COVID-19 test ahead of their scheduled meeting with the Education and Sports Minister, Janet Kataha Museveni. A source told URN on Monday evening that the office of the Education Minister had sent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Universities and other institutions of higher learning have been allowed to implement e-learning programs having established standard guidelines for the teaching approach to ensure continued learning during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. The Ministry of Education and Sports recently advised universities which had embraced the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students who will miss out on government university sponsorship for the 2020/2021 academic year have a two week’s window to find alternative options for their tertiary education. Several university officials URN spoke to indicate that they will extend the registration deadline to June 30, …
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | Universities in Tanzania reopened on Monday, despite a lack of clarity on the spread of coronavirus after the government decided to stop updating figures in April. As students entered dozens of campuses across Tanzania for the first time since mid-March, there were only cursory efforts to impose measures …
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