Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) has opened up a modern poultry unit at the Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute Kabanyolo (MUARIK) worth US$3 million (Shs11.3bn), the University has said. 70% of this budget is funded by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and another 30%
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As cheating in school exams goes, the Burundian record has just been broken by a high school headmaster who disguised himself as a student to sit a national exam so that the student could quality for university. Headmaster Benjamin Manirambona, from the Buterere Technical College in northern Bujumbura, was working
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Victoria University Friday July 27, 2018 signed a Memorandum of Understanding NFT Consult, aimed at helping the University students get a well nurtured career in Human Resource Management. The event was witnessed by the Human Resource Managers Association of Uganda represented by the Secretary General, Ajal Joseph.N FT Consult was
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Victoria University will begin offering in-depth research oriented value addition to the hospitality and leisure industry in East Africa with the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the hotel and hospitality giant, Speke Group of Hotels. The MOU signing event took place Tuesday evening at Speke Apartments and was
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Minister of State for Higher Education, Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo Tuesday explained to Parliament why Makerere University is increasing fees for its undergraduate programmes. “The University Council took a decision to raise fees of undergraduate programmes, in order to meet the challenges of the deteriorating quality of service delivery at
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A section of parents of Chalbi Boys High School students have sided with their children, saying they will not allow police to arrest them after they beat up non-local teachers at the school last week, reports the Daily Nation. During a meeting on Monday that was attended by parents, school
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Students have torched seven boarding schools in Kenya in the last week in protest against the introduction of tough new measures to prevent cheating in examinations due in three months, education minister Amina Mohammed has said, at a press conference. At one school, students demanded an undertaking from the principal
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A report on Sexual Harassment at Makerere University has called for the installation of Closed-Circuit TV (CCTV) in order to curb sexual harassment that has ravaged the institution. The new report was unveiled on Monday at the University after the installation of the Committee by Barnabas Nawangye, the University’s Vice
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An investigative report of Sexual Harassment at Makerere University has exposed the deadliest spots at the University, where cases of sexual harassment have featured most with the office of the Academic Registrar being among the top breeding grounds for the vice. The five member committee appointed to investigate sexual harassment
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The Emirates Airline Foundation along with Outreach to Africa (OTA) has established a school with three sections; nursery, primary and secondary; The Emirates Airline Foundation campus in Geme village near Fort Portal, Kabarole District, Western Uganda. The campus is presently catering for 850 pupils and students in both day and
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