Government wants to phase out comprehensive certificate and diploma for nurses MPs on Parliament’s Education Committee have rejected the plan by both the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health to phase out comprehensive certificate and diploma courses for nurses, saying this will render those who pursued the course earlier
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Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa Parliament’s Education Committee has been given two weeks to probe plans by school owners to increase fees on account of rising commodity prices. Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa gave the directive after some lawmakers protested the move in government aided schools altering their fees structures. “This is
Read MoreSeveral students in Muteesa I Royal University can no longer have lessons in their convenient localities following the closure of the university’s auxiliary study centres. The University management indefinitely closed the study centres in Bugerere, Kayunga district and Buwekula in Mubende district, which had been established with an intention
Read MoreMakerere University Vice Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe The High Court in Kampala has issued an interim injunction restraining Makerere University from evicting hundreds of people who operate different businesses within the institution. According Civil Division Judge Boniface Wamala, his order will be in force pending the determination of
Read MoreMariam Nampeera Mbowa (L), the Deputy General Manager at TotalEnergies EP Uganda and Professor Barnabas Nawangwe (R) the Makerere University Vice Chancellor, after signing the MoU TotalEnergies in Uganda has today signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Makerere University (MUK) to collaborate on various education and skilling initiatives targeting students at the
Read MoreMakerere VC Nawangwe/ Courtesy Picture Makerere University Vice Chancellor has blocked the planned student-organized guild elections that was slated for August 9th, 2022. Students led by the outgoing Makerere University Guild Shamim Nambasa had planned to organize elections for the new Guild President and their respective College Guild representatives. They
Read MoreMany schools closed earlier The early closure of school before the official school calendar is likely to affect the recovery of time lost during the COVID-19-induced lockdowns. Several schools released learners for the second holidays three or two weeks before the official closure. The Ministry of Education and
Read MoreLearners at St. Martin Primary School during briefing As schools continue turning into breeding grounds for risky behavior among children, several people are concerned about what teachers are doing with children given the fact that they spend more time with them. Several learners have been exposed to other vices
Read MoreParliament has tasked the Ministry of Education and Sports to formally table before Parliament the guidelines on how music concerts will be held in schools following numerous public complaints on raunchy videos of artists and students dancing controversially during the concerts. “You need to bring those guidelines on Thursday (4th August
Read MoreMakerere Student Suspended For Holding Online Meeting To Plan Engagement With University Administration
Makerere University VC, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe/ Courtesy photo Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe has suspended Sulaiman Namwoza, a third-year student pursuing a bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery at Makerere over alleged indiscipline. In a letter dated 1st August 2022 to Namwoza, Prof Nawangwe alleged that
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