Education

A student at the Kenya Medical Training College, Embu Campus has put up his kidney for sale to be able to raise college fees. Michael Muruthi Wanjohi (in featured photo) resolved to sell a body organ after the college barred him from continuing with his training and examinations unless he

Makerere University saga has taken a new twist, with the Vice Chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe blaming the current impasse at the institution on Members of Parliament, who reportedly asked him to restore sanity at the oldest University in Uganda. He says he is simply executing the MPs’ orders. Nawangwe made the

The Ministry of Education and Sports has spoken out on the beating of students that occurred at Ishaka Adventist School of nursing, describing the act as an “unethical behavior.” This comes after a video clip went viral in which students were being caned by the School Authority. “Ministry of Education

Makerere University Law dons have questioned the powers of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe to suspend staff and appoint a committee to investigate them, URN reports. This is contained in a statement signed by Associate Prof. Christopher Mbazira, the acting Principal Law School with backing of all staff.  

The Uganda National Examinations body has announced that it will release the Uganda Certificate of Education examination results on Thursday 31st January 2019. According to an internal memo released on Tuesday seen by this website, the release of these results will take place at the UBOS conference hall in Kampala

Parliament is set to investigate Makerere University crisis that has left the University staff at loggerheads with the institution’s top mismanagement. This was confirmed by Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga while responding to a petition presented to her by the suspended leaders of Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA). In their petition,

Public Universities have urged government to increase feeding funds for its sponsored students from the current Shs4, 000 to Shs10,000 per day. The call was made by Kyambogo University Vice Chancellor, Professor Elly Katunguka and the University Secretary, Charles Okello on Friday interacting with Parliament’s Committee on Education where they

The Uganda National Examinations Board is seeking for Shs10.7bn to curb examination malpractices by introducing new hi-tech measures.  UNEB Executive Secretary Dan Odongo made the revelation on Thursday while appearing before Parliament’s Committee of Education to present the Board’s budget framework for 2019/2020. Odongo told MPs that UNEB pays over