Dr. Kedrace Turyagyenda, the former Director of Education Standards at the Ministry of Education revealed on Wednesday her troubling experience with substandard textbooks currently being used by teachers and learners in schools. Dr. Turyagyenda currently a member of the Education Policy Review Commission recounted discovering a chemistry textbook that had
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Dr. Crispus Kiyonga The appointment of Dr Crispus Kiyonga as the Makerere University Chancellor is raising concerns from some of the members of the University Council. Last Saturday, Makerere Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe announced on his X page that President Yoweri Museveni who is a Visitor of the university
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A teacher in classroom. Many Kiswahili teachers are jobless/ Courtesy photo The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) has urged Government to deploy the over 68,000 teachers who graduated in teaching Kiswahili, but these have remained idle due to the failure to fully operationalize the teaching of Kiswahili in both Primary
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Educationists are calling for the inclusion of parents to facilitate children’s learning. They believe that parents have increasingly surrendered this responsibility to teachers and schools, ignoring the much-needed skills and competencies they would obtain from home. Education consultant, Dr John Mugo says that although many learners are in school, they
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Young Engineers Uganda and their instructors at PARC in Dakar Senegal 2023 Fresh from securing a silver medal for Uganda at the Pan African Robotics Championship in Dakar, Senegal, Young Engineers Uganda, a pioneering STEM education program for children aged 4-17, has received a significant boost in the form of VEX
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L-R: Julius Njuguna Co-Founder E&M Technology and Eliud Njogu, Sam Bwaya EGF Board Director, Elizabeth Wahito Equity Bank Education and Leadership Development and Nelson Mwebaze pose for a group photo with ELP Scholars The Equity Leaders Program (ELP) Scholars have been urged to be innovative and drive the future with the
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Prof. Mugisha on left beat all his competitors There is a sense of relief among Makerere University staff as they prepare to welcome a new Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Finance and Administration after a seven-year vacancy. The position has been vacant since 2017, when Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, the previous
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State minister Moriko Kaduchu standing in the middle with private school owners and officials from the ministry of Education and Sports Private school proprietors have expressed concerns about registering learners on the Education Management Information System (EMIS) due to fears of data misuse. Lawrence Kulumba from Boston High School in
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Dr. Safiina bids farewell to Team Uganda after the flag-off ceremony in Ntinda last week The Ministry of Education and Sports has pledged to support Young Engineers Uganda, a STEM Education Programme that supports the national curriculum in schools with a LEGO and Robbotics pedagogy to inspire children to love
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Holy Cross Lake View SS students celebrate In a clash of intellect and creativity, Uganda's top schools are primed to vie for supremacy in the Stanbic National Schools Championship (NSC), now in its ninth season. With the stage set and the stakes high, the nation's brightest minds are gearing up
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