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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Education has spent huge sums of money in contracts to print learning materials after failing to procure a printing press for the National Curriculum Development Centre, URN has learnt. Contract reports on the COVID-19 emergency education response posted on the Ministry of Finance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has made tentative adjustments in the school calendar to enable learners to complete their respective syllabi before being promoted to the next classes. The adjustment comes days after the government announced a 42-day closure of schools to control COVID-19 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda National Union of Teachers-UNATU is opposed to the directive from the Education and Sports Ministry compelling all teachers to take the COVID-19 jab.  Filbert Baguma, the UNATU General Secretary, says that although the idea of vaccinating all teachers is good for their own safety, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has clarified on the half-term that was provided to schools that are going to be used as marking centres for the 2020 National examinations. A total of 40 schools, mainly located in Kampala, Wakiso, and Mukono districts were selected by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Ministry has been faulted for failing to kick-start a World Bank funded project for four years despite the disbursement of funds. The five-year Albertine Region Sustainability Development Project III was designed to upgrade two technical institutions; the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba and Uganda …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament’s Education Committee has learnt that 23 billion Shillings that was recently recalled from the various districts has been earmarked for the procurement of more learning materials for pupils. State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo told the Committee today that the money …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Education and Sports has cautioned public and private schools against forcing learners to join the boarding sections.  Dr Kedrace Turyagyenda, the Director of Education Standards, says they have noted that some schools which were formally registered as a day or day and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament have been alarmed by a total of 5.8 billion Shillings meant for payment of pensions in the Education Ministry that was never disbursed to the beneficiaries. The funds were appropriated in the financial year ending June 2019 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  | The Ministry of Education and Sports has said that as schools reopen for Non-Candidates, the main focus will be put on covering the required content and syllabus for different classes rather than tracing the lost calendar.    The Ministry was responding to concerns raised earlier …

📌 UNEB EXAMS TIMETABLE ✳ Feb 26 ▶ UCE Briefing ✳ March 1- April 6 ▶ UCE exams ✳ March 26 ▶ PLE briefing ✳ March 30-31 ▶ PLE exams ✳ April 9 ▶ UACE brifing ✳ April 12- May 3 ▶ UACE exams Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The …