Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The 10th NSSF-Monitor Career Expo is set to begin tomorrow and will go on for three days virtually, the NSSF Managing Director Richard Byarugaba and Nation Media Group Uganda Managing Director Tony Glencross told reporters earlier today (March 23). The two executives said COVID-19 pandemic preventive …
Read More »UCE: Six girls give birth, boy attempts suicide after maths
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) Examinations enter their third week, the body charged with organizing them has hailed several pregnant candidates for overcoming the odds to write their O levels. The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) in a statement today on social media, …
Read More »Ministry of Education develops 3-year plan to harmonize school calendar
📌 MIN OF EDUCATION GUIDELINES ✳ Terms of 12 weeks ✳ Holidays 15-17 days ✳ No start, mid-term & end of term exams ✳ 2021 academic year starts August 9 ✳ 2022 academic year starts May 16 ✳ 2023 academic year starts April 10 ✳ 2023 shortest term, November 23 – …
Read More »Stanbic Schools Championship launched, aims to ’empower the job creators of tomorrow’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda has officially launched the 6th annual National Schools Championship (NSC) to be held under the theme “Empowering the job creators of tomorrow with the main focus on agriculture, business innovation and IT Skilling”. The National Schools Championship is Stanbic’s flagship education …
Read More »Why academic qualifications matter for Local Government leaders
Since Plato, political observers have argued that governing is best left to those who are highly educated COMMENT | Walter Akena | As the dust settles from the January and February elections and we await that comical “I solomonly swear to bear true allergy” and “Madam Speaker Sir” moments in May, …
Read More »Uganda’s daycare centres petition Parliament
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Operators of daycare centres and nursery schools have petitioned Speaker Rebecca Kadaga over the indefinite closure of the facilities saying government is unfair to both the operators and parents. The group under their umbrella body, Early Childhood Development Association of Uganda state that the …
Read More »‘UNEB exams won’t be fair to rural-based learners’
Should exams body maintain or relax standards for COVID-19 affected candidates? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Stakes normally go a notch higher during national examinations as grades garnered in these tests endorse and set-up students to move from one level of formal education to another or even go straight …
Read More »UNEB releases 2020-21 detailed examination timetable
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delayed National examinations for 2020-2021 candidates will kick off with a briefing of O level candidates on Friday, February 26, 2021. This is according to the examination timetable released by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) this morning. The learners at this level will …
Read More »Can Ugandan children do without kindergarten?
Educationalists maintain pre-school is critical in children’s physical, mental and psycho-social development Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | How do you home-school a three year old without going nuts? Maximum respect to kindergarten teachers,” a young Ugandan mother posted on her Facebook page on Feb.11. Thousands of Ugandan parents have …
Read More »Private universities resume ahead of official March 1 date
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students in private universities based in Kampala are having face to face lectures before the official dates set for reopening by Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education and Sports directed on February 9th, 2020 that Universities and other tertiary institutions would start face to …
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