Education

A signpost of Pherry Junior School located at Kitete in Mukono Central Division Sylvia Okite, the director and head teacher of Pherry Junior School in Mukono Municipality is under the spotlight for allegedly detaining eight Primary Seven leavers due to unpaid school fees. The director ordered the detention of the

Professor Barnabas Nawangwe Tension is mounting at Makerere University as staff associations challenge the implementation of the Biometric Access System on campus, defying directives from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe. Staff, through their associations– Makerere University Academic Association-Muasa, Makerere University Administrative Staff Association-Muasa, and National Union of Education Institutions-Nuei, expressed

Census on schools is good for planning purposes Parliament issued a three-month ultimatum to the Ministry of Education and Sports, to recover Shs3.9Bn given to Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) meant for conducting a census for the education sector. This is after the Bureau failed to deliver the work within the

The 12 students that reached the finals in a group photo with UBA officials and Ismael Mulindwa (in suit-front row), the Director Basic and Secondary Education at the Ministry of Education The Ministry of Education and Sports has applauded United Bank for Africa Uganda (UBAU) for supporting the country’s education sector

Soroti Secondary School main gate. A student of Soroti Secondary School has dropped out of the ongoing Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations after developing mental complications. The affected student is among 750 students registered for the UCE examination at Soroti Secondary School this year. He registered and attended lessons

Kalungu district authorities are under fire to explain the circumstances under, which a ghost teacher has been picking salary for the past sixteen years. The Public Accounts Committee on Local Governments in Parliament has tasked Prosy Nalumansi, the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to provide a detailed report on this irregularity,

Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, releasing the results of the last cohort of Grade II Teachers' Examinations. Janet Kataha Museveni, the Minister of Education and Sports, has issued fresh guidance regarding the timeline initially established for educators to attain a minimum bachelor's degree qualification. In 2019, the

Justice Musa Ssekaana made the decision. The High Court has upheld the decision of schools to indefinitely suspend students found in possession of drugs that may endanger public safety, health, and morality. According to Civil Division High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana, schools have a broader duty to protect the welfare