Education

Makerere University will this year launch a 10- year strategic plan that will transform Uganda's premier higher learning institution into a research led university, URN reports.   The university vice chancellor, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe says the strategic plan development team will complete the document in March 2019. Prof Nawangwe says

Makerere University’s Appointments Board has fired over 30 senior lecturers on charges of insubordination and use of abusive language, sexual assault, financial fraud, abscondment, refusal to perform official duties, inciting violence and failure to complete studies among others. Among those fired is controversial lecturer and activist, Dr Stella Nyanzi, who

Makerere University, Uganda’s leading institution of learning has come under fire over its discriminative appointments that have seen men occupy most of the top leadership positions. And as such, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has ordered the Parliamentary Education Committee to investigate why the University has sidelined women in

The Education and Sports Committee of Uganda’s Parliament Thursday started considering a petition challenging high tuition and non-tuition fees charged by government aided schools. Appearing before the Committee, officials from Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), a Civil Society Organisation appealed to MPs to expedite the inquiry to inform

Zambian education authorities have suspended national primary and secondary school examinations due to rampant malpractices, Daily Nation reports. Education minister David Mabumba said on state television: "All the 2018, Grade Seven, Nine and 12 examinations have been suspended indefinitely following malpractices." He said an investigation has been opened “to ascertain the extent of the malpractices. The minister was further quoted saying a mathematics Paper Two for Grade Nine, which was supposed to be written on Tuesday, leaked on social media, forcing the Examinations Council of Zambia to nullify the paper. Mr Mabumba warned the perpetrators that they face serious punishment. Zambia has previously grappled with examinations malpractices, but not to the extent of occasioning a suspension. The Education ministry has been strict with its examinations administration in recent years, often recording zero malpractices in some years. Zambia’s education system has undergone reforms, including building new schools in districts with funding from donor partners and Chinese loans and grants. The country of 15 million has seen an upswing in the enrollment of Grade Ones as it seeks to leave no child behind in literacy. ​  

The Liberian President, George Weah has declared free University education for undergraduates in public universities in Liberia. “Today, I'm excited to announce that I have declared the University of Liberia and all other Public Universities in Liberia tuition free for all undergraduates,” George Weah said in his official facebook page.

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Wednesday grilled Makerere University Business School (MUBs) Principal Prof. Waswa Balunywa on how the institution lost its titled prime land and instead got a swamp. Apparently, the Uganda Land Commission gave out prime land belonging to MUBS to private developers and ended up

The Kyambogo University (KYU) Vice Chancellor, Prof. Elly Katunguka has blamed the increasing cases of sexual harassment in Universities to break parents who have neglected their responsibilities and lazy students. He noted that the above factors are key in forcing students to resort to sexual relationships as a way of