Makerere 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
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Speaker 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
Read MoreOfficials of Equal Opportunities Commission Joel Cox Ojuku (L), Safia Nalule Najuuko (C) and Habib Seruwagi after addressing the journalists at Uganda Media Centre. The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has tasked the Ministry of Education and Sports to enforce no increment of school fees in private and public institutions of
Read MoreMakerere University is the epitome of University education in Uganda Government through the Ministry of Education and Sports, has revealed plans to form a new Apex Body to oversee research grants in public Universities across the country, following concerns of delays to execute research projects. The revelation was made by Muzamir
Read MoreGov’t Free Education Policy Has Made Ugandans Only Active In Producing Children-MP Sarah Opendi
The Tororo District Woman MP, Sarah Opendi (pictured) has questioned the Ministry of Education and Sports why it has failed to implement the Education Tax as required in the Education Act, saying that the current policy on free primary and secondary education has left some Ugandans lazy to the extent of not
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