Education

Young Engineers Uganda Team A team of 15 children from Young Engineers Uganda, have won a STEM competition Trophy in Tanzania in the second Young Engineers Pan African Competition. The completion which was held at on Saturday November 16 at Aga Khan Primary School, brought together children under the Young Engineers STEM Education Programme focused on innovation

First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, is set to grace the first-ever Ugandan National STEM Education and Vex Robotics Championship as chief guest. The event scheduled for November 29 at the National ICT Hub Nakawa, is being organized by the African School of Innovations Science

The government’s project aimed at constructing secondary schools across the country, particularly in sub-counties lacking these facilities and in refugee-hosting areas, is now at risk of termination. A report on Externally Funded Projects from the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development revealed that as the project enters its fourth

The 2024 Census report has a chapter on characteristics of Uganda's youth and adolescent population; clearly distinguishing them from other age groups of the population. Having opted to rely on Uganda's National Youth Policy (2015) and National Youth Council Act (2015) respectively, for purposes of 2024 census, UBOS defined a

MPs on Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have blamed the top Management at Makerere University for the delays to review the University courses after an audit review of the database of University courses revealed that 198 “expired courses” were being taught to students. The Auditor General noted that the University had 347

Col (Rtd) Nuwe Amanya Mushega, Chairperson Education Policy Review Commission The Amanya Mushega-led Education Policy Review Commission is on track to submit its final report by December, concluding four years of work aimed at reshaping Uganda’s education and sports sectors. Col (Rtd) Nuwe Amanya Mushega confirmed the development noting that

Education Minister, Janet Museveni summoned the meeting. Janet Kataha Museveni, the Minister of Education, has summoned all vice-chancellors and Senate members from public universities to, among other matters, elect their representatives to the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). The meeting is currently taking place at Statehouse Entebbe. “This is,

Janet Museveni, the Minister of Education and Sports A new survey has highlighted significant gaps in the implementation of the revised Ordinary Level curriculum, just a month before students sit for their Uganda Certificate Exams-UCE. The survey, conducted by the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) across seventeen schools in various

Kyambogo University is set to enter a public-private partnership with an investor to develop a multi-purpose sports arena, a business center, and more than five student hostels. This initiative aims to boost the university’s revenue amid ongoing financial challenges. The plan is part of the university’s strategy to address funding