Students taking computer lessons. These and many more will find The Lesson materials more interesting/Courtesy photo A section of innovators in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry, have shone a ray of hope for parents who are desperately seeking academic excellence for their children in the current COVID-19 lockdown. Shule
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Children listening to a radio lesson. With schools closed again, because of the second wave of COVID-19, the Ministry of Education has revived radio lessons to ensure continuity of learning. The Ministry is broadcasting lessons on 15 radio stations across the country targeting primary four and five classes. The stations
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Radio lessons for primary schools resumed on Monday June 14, 2021 following the closure of schools due to COVID-19 Several parents and learners in Kampala are unaware of the resumption of the lessons broadcast on radio for primary school pupils. On Monday, selected radio stations across the country started broadcasting
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Pupils in class The Ministry of Education and Sports has made tentative adjustments in the school calendar to enable learners to complete their respective syllabi before being promoted to the next classes. The adjustment came days after the government announced a 42-day closure of schools, to control COVID-19 infections in
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Makerere University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe Makerere University administrators have insisted on holding examinations for final year students this morning despite the presidential directive suspending school activities. During a broadcast address on Sunday evening, the president directed the closure of all educational institutions for 42-days effective today June 7, 2021,
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Ministry of Education, Permanent Secretary Alex Kakooza The Ministry of Education and Sports has asked institutions of learning to delay the reopening of schools and breaking off of learners until further notice.Under the calendar by the Ministry of Education and Sports on the staggered reopening of classes, P1, P2 and
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More than 550,000 people have had the vaccine/Getty Images The senior Presidential advisor on epidemics, Dr Monica Munesero, has advised parents not to take their children to school before the presidential address on June 06, 2021. Semi candidates are expected to report for their special term on July 07, 2021,
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Primary Seven Candidates at St Joseph's Primary School/URN Photo Several parents are crying foul as school operators take advantage of the current disorganized education calendar to over-charge them in school fees and scholastic requirements. While reopening schools after a long unprecedented holiday of nine months as a result of
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Jothan Yamureebire Burobuto For nine years, Jothan Yamureebire Burobuto has been at Makerere University pursuing a Bachelors Degree, which would ideally take him four years to complete. He is now one of the students who graduated during the concluded 71st graduation ceremony that ended on Friday. The 27-year-old student enrolled
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Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni The Ministry of Education and Sports committed to deliver a number of pledges in the 2016-2021 manifesto. For instance, the ministry pledged salary enhancement for primary school teachers, build teachers houses, build schools per parish, provide vocational/technical education per constituency, strengthen monitoring
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