Dan Odongo, the Executive Director UNEB For the first time in recent years, Social Studies and Religious Education recorded a decline in performance in the 2022 Primary Leaving Examination examinations. According to the report by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), the pass rate for the subject was 88.6% in
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Laban Kato Laban Kato,29, will be part of thousands of students who are due to graduate at the 73rd graduation ceremony of Makerere University in February. On Wednesday, he broke the internet by sharing a little portion of his remarkable journey which he described as an achievement not only for his family
Read MoreParents Wonder When The Proposed Regulations Will Be Implemented As Schools Increase Fees, Requirements
S.5 Students from Kisaasi College report for School When the government proposed regulations for school fees and requirements, some parents breathed a sigh of relief. Many believed that the regulations were long overdue and would come into effect when schools reopen for the new academic year. Caleb Kwesigwa says
Read MoreMakerere students at Freedom Square A section of lawmakers have questioned the relevance of government scholarships in public universities, after discovering that Government has only been remitting tuition fees for the first year students, abdicating this role to private students. This followed a call made by Cuthbert Abigaba, Vice Chairperson
Read MoreSpeaker Anita Among chairing the plenary sitting Parliament has directed the Ministry of Education and Sports to present a statutory instrument to regulate school fees increments. Speaker Anita Among communicated this directive during the plenary sitting on Tuesday, 17 January 2023. Her directive comes amidst a tough economic situation with
Read MoreUNICEF says all children should benefit equally from education Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding, according to a study by the UN Children's agency-UNICEF. The report shows that the poorest 20 per cent of learners benefit from only 16 per cent of public
Read MoreNCHE boss, Prof Mary Okwakol The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) is considering a bridging programme that will enable learners who offer arts subject combinations at A-Level to pursue undergraduate science courses. Maria Nakachwa Ssemakula, the acting Director of Quality Assurance and Accreditation at NCHE says that the proposal
Read MoreJennifer Kalule-Mulumba, the UNEB spokesperson. The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has finalized mechanisms that will be used by schools to transmit students' school-based assessments under the new lower secondary curriculum. Unlike the old curriculum, which relied solely on the final Senior Four and Six examinations, the new O'Level curriculum was created
Read MoreOne Year Later, Makerere Student Who Lost Fingers To Teargas Canister Yet To Resume Studies
Makerere University Vice Chancellor Nawangwe visiting Ssebuganda at Mulago Almost a year after losing his fingers to a teargas canister, Richard Ssebuganda is yet to resume his studies at Makerere University. In February 2022, Makerere University students led by former Guild President, Shamim Nambassa staged a demonstration demanding an end
Read MoreSt Mary's college Kisubi, one of the catholic founded schools/Courtesy photo The Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) has begun taking steps to regulate and even reduce the amount of money students must pay in school fees and other forms of payment at institutions affiliated to the Catholic Church and its linked
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