The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) Government will not be in position to fulfill its pledge of constructing a least a secondary school in each Sub-County and a primary school in every Parish due to limited funding, the Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataaha Museveni has admitted. The Minister,
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Victoria University Vice-Chancellor, Assoc. Prof. Krishna N. Sharma on Thursday 9th May 2019 released his latest paperback book Advanced Techniques in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (ISBN 9789388958509). Prof. Sharma, who recently bagged the record of Youngest Vice-Chancellor in the world, said that the 246 paged book is for physiotherapy and
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Ruparelia Foundation through Victoria University has awarded the overall winners of Miss Curvy contest with full scholarship on tuition while the remaining top 24 contestants have been offered 70% scholarship on tuition for Masters, Bachelors, and Diploma and Foundation programs. The scholarship shall be provided to only those contestants who
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The Vice Chancellor of Victoria University Dr. Krishna N. Sharma (in featured photo) has created a record of world’s ‘Youngest Vice Chancellor”, Unique World Records has said. In a certificate awarded to Dr. Sharma seen by this website, Dr. Desraj Goyal, the Chief Editor, Unique World Recods Ltd says Sharma
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A science teacher from rural Kenya, who gives away most of his salary to support poorer pupils, has won a $1m prize (UShs3.7 billion) for the world's best teacher, BBC reports. Peter Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan religious order, won the 2019 Global Teacher Prize. Brother Peter has been
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The e2 Young Engineers Uganda, the first ever practical Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programme for children aged 4-15 years using a LEGO curriculum has been unveiled in Uganda. Launching the Programme yesterday in Kampala, the African School of Innovations Science and Technology (ASIST) Limited’s Managing Director, Arinaitwe Rugyendo
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More students have qualified for entry into University and other tertiary institutions, according to Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education-UACE examination results. While releasing the results this morning at the Office of the Prime Minister, the Executive Secretary Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB, Dan Nokrach Odongo, noted an improvement among last year's
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Victoria University has promoted a total of three senior academic staff to the professor and associate professor levels. The promotions, according to the University publication, have taken place in an academic process running from January to December 2018. They include Krishna N. Sharma, the University Vice Chancellor who is now
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Makerere University joint staff associations have asked Parliament to intervene in the affairs of the institution, saying the current environment has infringed on their God-given freedoms. They are calling for autonomy of staff associations. The members of the staff associations led by the leaders of the Makerere University Academic Staff
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The State Minister for Higher Education, John Muyingo has said government plans to take over Busoga University, URN reports. Muyingo says that a team of officials from the National Council for Higher Education and auditors have been dispatched to the university to expedite the process of enabling it to become
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