Budo fire that left many children dead Only about 35 percent of the boarding schools in the country have complied with fire safety guidelines. Dr. Denis Mugimba, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Education and Sport disclosed this to our reporter in an interview about the latest fire incidents in
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Jessica Alupo (right), Uganda’s Vice President listening to one of the beneficiaries of the 2021 championship. Besides her, are top executives of Stanbic Bank Uganda. The acclaimed Stanbic Bank Uganda annual National Schools’ Championship (NSC) is back, and participants have up to March 8, 2022 to submit their business idea
Read MoreLearner’s Opinion Neglected As Schools, Parents Force S.3 Students To Register For UCE Exams
Senior Four Candidates at Kololo Senior Secondary School are checked before they enter for the first UNEB exam Following the pronouncement by the Ministry of Education and Sports that the 2018 Primary Seven leavers will be allowed to register for this year’s Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations, schools and parents
Read MoreParents anxiously waiting to be allowed inside Bilal Islamic Schools following the night fire Bilal Islamic Primary and Secondary School in Bwaise has temporally closed following a fire outbreak at the school premises last night. According to information pinned at the school gate, management has asked day scholars to stay
Read MoreStudents in PLE exams Several Ugandans are calling for the scrapping of Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), vocationalisation of primary education, and overhauling of the assessment framework. The proposals are part of the hundreds of documents that have been so far received by the Education Policy Review Commission which was instituted
Read MoreKampala Parents pupils active in co-curricular activities The Ministry of Education and Sports has given green light to schools to organize and participate in games and sports events, but maintained the ban on visitation days. Before the reopening of schools, the Ministry of Education and Sports issued tough guidelines limiting
Read MoreReturning To School After Pregnancy: A Story Of Two Girls Determined To Complete Studies, Succeed
Edward Twijukye, the Katunguru Primary School Head Teacher is hailed for supporting the learning of pregnant girls at the school 13-year-old Stella and 15-year-old Joy (not real names) got pregnant during the prolonged school closure as part of the COVID-19 containment measures. Upon learning that they were pregnant, they were
Read MoreMukono 5 Star primary school fenced off by MSC. The Microfinance Support Center-MSC has sealed off Mukono 5 Star primary, which belongs to the Uganda Methodist Church at Mpoma in Nama sub-county in Mukono district. MSC accuses the school management of failure to pay back a loan of Shillings 300million.
Read MoreMasaka Seed School at Bunaddu village in Bukakata sub county whose delayed opening is returning students to fishing The newly opened Seed secondary schools in several districts are struggling to operate due to an apparent shortage of staff and basic equipment. The government through the World Bank-funded program of the
Read MoreThe Uganda Women’s Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) is set to table a motion before parliament to discuss the recent ban by Church of Uganda against teenage pregnant mothers from accessing church founded schools. The notice was given by Sarah Opendi, the Tororo District Woman MP, who also doubles as Chairperson UWOPA
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