The practice of schools giving pupils and students pre-registration tests before they are registered for Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) exams must stop, Janet Museveni, the Minister of Education and Sports has said. Janet, who doubles as the First Lady made the remarks Friday while presiding over the release of
Read More
Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the 2019 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), with results showing an improvement in performance. Releasing the results at Kampala Parents’ School on Friday, Dan Odong, the UNEB Executive Secretary said a total of 695,804 candidates from 13,475 centers sat the PLE in 2019. He
Read More
There has been public concern on why Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) will release the 2019 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results tomorrow Friday 17th January 2020 at Kampala Parents’ School. Some Ugandans said the choice of venue raises conflict of interest questions since Kampala Parents. The same issue was raised
Read More
From human rights violations to the impacts of climate change, Rotary and Makerere University are offering a postgraduate certificate program to peace and development leaders who are from or who have worked in Africa to address the underlying challenges to peace in the region. The year-long program in Peace building,
Read More
All isn’t well at Muni University, one of the public universities in Uganda after Management revealed that students are likely to miss out on their graduation and promotion to next levels due to the Shs700M arrears in wages owed to staff. While appearing before Parliament’s Education Committee to submit the
Read More
A total of 13, 509 students are expected to graduate in different fields at Makerere University next week commencing from Tuesday 14th to 17th January 2020. The 70th Graduation ceremony will see 420 scoop first class degrees and others conferred upon degrees and awarded diplomas during the four-day ceremony. According
Read More
The use of emojis has found its way into formal communication. But recent developments have unexpectedly demonstrated that what was originally perceived as jokes are being taken seriously. The same way comedy was underrated in the past, only to earn a glorious place in the entertainment industry. Emojis are shorthand communication tools used
Read More
Parliament has adopted a motion urging government to spread out scholarships under the district quota policy to lower institutions of learning, as a means of increasing access to education. Under the quota system, government awards scholarships to only 11 students from districts that fail to send students to universities on
Read More
Legislators have rejected a report from the House Committee on Education and Sports on the alleged sexual harassment of students by security operatives during the October strike at Makerere University, saying that the investigation was not conclusive. Committee Chairperson, Jacob Richards Opolot, presented the report during plenary sitting on 11
Read More
Victoria University has offered students joining the institution for short courses this festive season up to 20% discount on fees. This is aimed at giving back to Ugandans, but also to ensure that people enjoy the festive season happily. According to the University Vice Chancellor, Dr. Krishna N. Sharma, the
Read More
