Education

Parliament has summoned Microfinance Support Centre (MSC) bosses to explain their refusal to hand over Shs7bn to teachers SACCO. Appearing before Parliament Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday to answer audit queries raised in the June 2016 Auditor General’s report, Alex Kakooza , the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and

Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports officials were on Tuesday grilled by MPs on Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as to why they gave Shs2.1bn to private universities PAC summoned the Education Ministry officials following a revelation by   Auditor General, John Muwanga that the Ministry transferred Shs2.19bn to six private

A 23-year-old independent candidate is the next Igembe South MP after he was declared winner Thursday morning. Mr John Paul Mwirigi, a Bachelor of Education student at Mt Kenya University won after garnering 18, 867 against Jubilee’s Rufus Miriti, who had 15, 411 votes. Other candidates, who were seasoned politicians

Makerere University’s Office of the Academic Registrar,  has released the Official admission lists for privately sponsored students for the Academic Year 2017/2018. Speaking to URN, Charles Ssentongo, the Deputy Academic Registrar said the academic year begins on August 12. Ssentongo said that all students admitted on private programmes shall begin picking

The National Planning Authority (NPA) Executive Director, Dr. Joseph Muvawala has commended the International University of East Africa (IUEA) for its innovation and invention. Muvawala, who is also the Busoga Kingdom Prime Minister made the remarks during his official visit to the university on Wednesday. Led by the acting Vice-Chancellor

Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba has rejected the Makerere University Vice Chancellor search results, describing them as ‘sham’. “As one of the candidates who participated in the search process for the Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, I have overwhelming evidence to show that search committee report that was used as a basis

Uganda’s State House has said that it only pays school fees to students, but doesn’t offer scholarships. This revelation was made by the State House Comptroller, Lucy Nakyobe while appearing before the Parliament’s Committee of Equal Opportunities on Tuesday to answer questions related to State House scholarships. The meeting between

A university student committed suicide in Shauri Moyo area, Nairobi, two weeks after he was sent home over tuition fee. Fredrick Kinyanjui, 22, a second-year student at Multimedia University was found hanging from the rooftop at the family home on Tuesday evening long after a suspected suicide. Buruburu DCI head