Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mandela National Stadium–Namboole, is to undergo a major rehabilitation to ensure that it meets all the required standards for both national and international sporting activities. Constructed in 1997, the national sports pride is currently appalling and has since failed the tests of the Confederation …
Read More »Gov’t approves 80 vocational training courses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has approved 80 new internationally adapted courses to be offered by 18 training institution across the country. These include nine courses in the oil and gas field and more than 70 others in vocational training programmes. The oil …
Read More »Education ministry requests for extension of stalled projects due to lock down
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in the Education and Sports Ministry have requested for extension from financiers of various projects whose completion dates is nearing expiry. The Education Ministry Permanent Secretary, Alex Kakooza says the appeal is based on the fact that several projects have stalled due to the …
Read More »Ministry directs educational institutions to pay staff
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has directed all private education institutions to duly pay their staff. Teachers and other workers in some educational institutions have reportedly gone two months without receiving their due salaries while several institutions had resorted to paying them lesser …
Read More »Education Ministry cautions against sale of self-study materials
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has cautioned against the selling of the self-study materials developed by the National Curriculum Development Centre-NCDC. In a circular to all local governments, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education Alex Kakooza notes that they have learnt that …
Read More »Radio, TV lessons unearth dawn of cram work in Uganda’s Education – Experts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lessons encouraged by the Education Ministry during the lockdown do not promote learning and acquisition of life skills but push learners to cram according to educationists. Radio and television stations are currently conducting lessons in line with a call to ensure that every child …
Read More »Ministry still puzzled on how to distribute self-study materials
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education and Sports Ministry authorities are still puzzled on how to distribute the self-help materials for primary and secondary learners due to lack of clear data indicating where the learners can be found. The decision to distribute the self-study material was communicated six …
Read More »Education Minister moots countrywide tour to investigate variances in school dues
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni is going to embark on a national tour to ‘investigate variances in school dues across the country. Mrs Museveni said this during a meeting with secondary school’s head teachers, principals of Business Technical and Education Training …
Read More »Gov’t sets aside UGX 14Bn for upgrading technical colleges
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the Education and Sports Ministry has set aside Shillings 14 billion to upgrade Bushenyi, Kahaya, Nyamitanga Technical College in Bushenyi, Sheema and Mbarara district into centers of Excellence. The upgrade is being implemented under the Uganda Skills Development project (USDP) with support …
Read More »Cabinet to discuss implementation of new lower Secondary curriculum-Janet Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a lot of uncertainty over the implementation of the new lower secondary school curriculum with less than ten days to the formal kick off of senior 1 classes. Early this week, Parliament halted the implementation of the new lower secondary curriculum whose …
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