Primary six learners at Chadwick Namate Primary School (Photo by Joan Akello) Teachers who took part in the nationwide strike are not happy with their Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) representatives' decision to go back to class. The strike which would have entered the third week was called
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An empty class at Kyankowe Primary School in Mityana Several Schools in Mpigi and Mityana districts remained closed on Monday despite the government’s directive to the striking teachers to return to class or lose their jobs. When our reporters visited some schools in Mpigi Town Council and Mityana
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Government has ordered teachers to go back to school or risk getting sacked A section of legislators have lashed out at the Ministry of Public Service over threats to fire all arts striking teachers, warning that the reckless actions of government will cost taxpayers in paying fines to the teachers.
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Vincent Elong, the UPSTU chairperson Science teachers under the umbrella of Uganda Professional Science Teachers Union (UPSTU) have attacked their counterparts of Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) for allegedly sabotaging their salary enhancement. The allegations come barely hours after a meeting between UNATU leadership and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni which resolved that
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Pupil at Kasimeri primary school during classes Secondary and primary schools in different parts of the country are luring teachers to classes with the promise of increasing the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) allowances. At many of the secondary schools we visited, learning was taking place despite calls by the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) to all
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The monument of St Henry’s College, one of the Traditional Boys Secondary School. It is set to start admitting girls for Vocational Training Sessions St. Henry’s College Kitovu, a traditional boy’s secondary school in Masaka has decided to open its doors to female students after 100 years of existence. The
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Image of burnt school (courtesy image) Fire investigators have established that dormitories burnt at two separate schools last week in Wakiso district were set ablaze by primary four and primary seven pupils. It started with fire at Young Elite School in Kasokoso, Kira Municipality where a dormitory was burnt in
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Olivia Nabawanda (pictured), Makerere university’s youngest Mathematics Ph.D. holder now holds the teaching profession in high regard compared to any other. Nabawanda, who is basking in glory for being the first to receive a doctorate in her immediate and distant family, is even happier that she was awarded the
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Children Board the School Bus. The school in under investigation by the Ministry of Education over claims of corporal punishment faced by pupils for scoring below a certain percentage mark The Ministry of Education and Sports is moving to introduce tough regulations to control school learning hours, homework
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From a far point, the Ivory Tower out of sight after demolition It was business as usual on Wednesday at Makerere University as the Ivory Tower went down. This leaves the university without an Ivory Tower for the first time in 81 years since its construction. A number
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